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REALISM OF PERFECT COMPETITION: Perfect competition is an idealized market structure that does NOT exist in the real world. While some real world industries might come relatively close to a one or two of the four key characteristics of perfect competition, none matches all four sufficiently that we can declare a perfectly competitively industry. Some industries come close on the large number of small firms and the identical product characteristics. A few industries have relatively good, although not perfect, information about prices and technology. However, almost all industries fall far short of the perfect mobility characteristics.

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Lesson 23: Factor Market Equilibrium | Unit 4: Monopsony Page: 16 of 24

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  • A definition of monopsony:

  • Monopsony is a market structure characterized by a single buyer.
  • The key characteristics of monopsony are:

    • Only Buyer
    • Entry Barriers
    • Limited Substitutes

  • These characteristics of monopsony lead to two important features:

    • Supply Curve
    • Marginal Factor Cost

  • The positively-sloped factor supply curve facing the firm and the corresponding marginal factor cost curve are illustrated in this diagram.


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ASSUMPTIONS, PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES

The four key assumptions underlying production possibilities analysis are: (1) resources are used to produce one or both of only two goods, (2) the quantities of the resources do not change, (3) technology and production techniques do not change, and (4) resources are used in a technically efficient way.

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