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LOCAL INPUT: An input that has a relatively small geographic market area due to the high cost of transportation. The high transportation cost means it is easier (that is, less expensive) to locate the production activity near the input rather than trying to bring the input to the production activity. Like many things, local inputs are a matter of degree. At the other end of the spectrum lies transferrable inputs. Natural resources of the land, such as soil fertility, weather conditions, mineral deposits, tend to have the greatest local orientation. Labor and many urban public utilities, such as water distribution and sewage disposable, also tend to fall into the local category.

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Lesson 20: Oligopoly | Unit 1: Intro Page: 2 of 24

Topic: Market Structure Continuum <=PAGE BACK | PAGE NEXT=>

  • The market structure continuum can be illustrated by this diagram.

  • Oligopoly occupies the right half of the continuum.

  • As a continuum, there are no clear-cut dividing lines between oligopoly and the two adjacent market structures. Let's see why:

    Versus Monopoly

    • One or More Than One

    • Substitutes

    • Cooperation

    Versus Monopolistic Competition:

    • Many or Few

    • Dominance by a Few

    • Geographic Area


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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

An economics field of study that applies both macroeconomic and microeconomic principles to international trade, which is the flow of trade among nations, and to international finance, which is the means of making payment for the exchange of goods among nations. International economics studies the economic interactions among the different nations that make up the global economy. Often this interaction is viewed in terms of the domestic economy and the foreign sector. The key economic principle underlying international economics is the law of comparative advantage.

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Helping spur the U.S. industrial revolution, Thomas Edison patented nearly 1300 inventions, 300 of which came out of his Menlo Park "invention factory" during a four-year period.
"We succeed in enterprises (that) demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those (that) can also make use of our defects."

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