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Sample Economics Essay Questions – Market Structures

JC Economics Market Structures Essay Questions

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Here is the listing of Market Structures essay question list:

Q1. Cathay Cineplexes is exploring the viability of going “ticketless” using mobile apps and the possibility of showcasing movies in 4D in the foreseeable future.

(a) Explain how a firm like Cathay Cineplexes is likely to determine its output and pricing decisions. [10] (b) Discuss if product differentiation is the best way for cinema operators in Singapore to compete. [15] (price discrimination)

Q2. Singapore’s latest attraction, Gardens by the Bay, comprises an Outdoor Gardens with free entry and two Cooled Conservatories with entry charges. Those living in Singapore, whether Singapore citizens or foreign residents, are charged the same lower rates, compared to tourists.

(a) Explain whether the above case is an example of price discrimination. (b) To what extent is the practice of price discrimination beneficial? (price discrimination)

Q3(a) Explain with diagrams how airlines and small clothing retailers engage in price discrimination and why are they able to do so. Q3(b) Discuss the extent to which these firms aim to maximise profits according to traditional economic theory. [13] (price discrimination)

Q4. Microsoft invests billions on Research and Development (R & D) which has contributed to a stream of innovations that have transformed business and the homes. To encourage innovation, intellectual property rights are given to innovators for a period of exclusivity to earn a reasonable return on their investment. Source: The Straits Times

(a) Explain how barriers to entry affect a firm’s pricing behaviour and profits earned. (b) To what extent is Microsoft’s market power justified? (Monopoly & Oligopoly)

Q5(a) Explain how perfectly and imperfectly competitive firms determine their price and output to maximize profits. [10] Q5(b) Discuss the extent to which firms in Singapore determine their price and output to maximise profits. [15] (perfectly and imperfectly competitive firms)

Q6. Many fast food chains pride themselves in offering various menus by adopting various pricing strategies. For example, KFC offers discounts for students while McDonald’s offers 6-piece nuggets at $4.40 and 9-piece nuggets at $5.70.

(a) Explain the factors that are necessary for price discrimination to occur. (b) Discuss whether price discrimination in the fast food industry is desirable. (price discrimination)

Q7(a) Explain how firms can increase their market power Q7(b) Discuss whether dominant firms are always desirable from a society’s point of view. (Monopoly & Oligopoly)

Q8. The level of merger and acquisition activities in Asia is expected to increase substantially with economic recovery and the return of the Asian economies to their pre-financial crisis growth path.

(a) Explain why firms attempt to grow through undertaking mergers and acquisitions. (b) Discuss whether such mergers and acquisitions are in the public interest and if there is a need for government intervention. (Market Dominance, a form of Market Failure )

Q9. Restaurants across Singapore are engaging in differential pricing strategy. whereby weekend dinners pay more than weekday customers and special discounts are offered to both students and senior citizens alike.

(a) Explain how restaurants in Singapore discriminate buyers by charging different prices for the same meals. (b) Discuss the extent to which barrier to entry is the most important factor influencing a firm’s behaviour in your country. (price discrimination)

Q10. In recent years, small local firms in the retail industries in Singapore are becoming bigger and at the same time many large foreign firms have entered these industries

a) Explain the possible reasons for the above changes in the retail industries in Singapore. b) Discuss the extent to which such changes are in the interest of consumers. (Monopoly & Oligopoly)

Q11. Oligopoly is the best market structure that is able to achieve efficiency, equity and innovation. Discuss. [25] (Oligopoly)

Q12(a) Explain why prices might fluctuate less in an oligopolistic market than in a perfectly competitive market. [10] Q12(b) Discuss whether monopolistic competition is more likely to be beneficial to consumers than oligopoly. (Monopolistic Competition & Oligopoly)

Q13. In Singapore, there are many small home interior design firms in the industry. With low startup costs, these firms, such as Meng Design, usually market themselves as providing exclusive designs or affordable services. On the other hand, in the budget airline industry. Jetstar and Tiger Airways often offer lower-priced tickets.

(a) According to economic theory, firms aim to become big to enjoy. Explain why some firms remain small in reality. (10) (b) Discuss whether Jetstar’s and Meng Design’s strategies are due to the features of the industry they are in [15] (Costs Theory & Firms’ Characteristics)

Q14.Globalisation increases the level of competition among firms in a country, thereby making markets more competitive resulting in increased consumer welfare.

Assess the extent to which globalisation will lead to more competitive markets and increased consumer welfare. [25] (Firms’ Performance)

Q15. There are four players in the retail petrol industry in Singapore – Exxon Mobil (Esso), Shell, Singapore Petroleum Company and Caltex. In 2011, the Competition Commission of Singapore led an inquiry to assess whether there is collusion between competitors in the industry.

(a) Explain how the features of the retail petrol industry in Singapore affect pricing and decisions in the industry. (b) Discuss the view that firms need to engage in collusion to increase profits. (Oligopoly)

Q16(a) Explain how the size of firms affects the price and output decisions of various firms. Q16(b) Discuss the extent to which large firms in an industry impede economic efficiency. (Firms’ Performance)

Q17. Explain why the behaviour of firms differs across industries and discuss if such behaviour is desirable. [25] (Firms’ Conduct)

Q18. AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, bowed to pressure recently from its creditors. including its largest labour unions, and said it would explore merger options while it is still in bankruptcy. Its rival, US Airways Group Inc has been expressing major interest for a possible tie-up. Source: www.reuters.com, May 2012

(a) Explain how, in economic theory, airline firms like AMR Corp would price its tickets. [10] (b) Discuss if a merger between AMR Corp and US Airways Group Inc would benefit consumers more than producers. [15] (Firms’ Performance)

Q19. Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) has been steadily expanding beyond Singapore. It will continue to diversify its business and tap the overseas markets. Its online shopping platforms, VPOST and Clout Shoppe, will accelerate its expansion in the e-commerce business.

Discuss how SingPost’s growth strategies might impact SingPost, consumers and other firms in Singapore. [25] (Monopoly)

Q20. The UK rail industry is split into franchises, in which companies are invited to bid for the rights to operate individual rail routes for a specified time period. Train operators typically sell their tickets at a lower price if they are bought in advance on the internet, and they offer both first class and economy class tickets.

(a) Explain whether the above pricing policies could be considered to be examples of price discrimination. (b) Discuss whether the UK government should regulate prices in the rail industry to protect society’s interests. (price discrimination)

Q21. With the growing numbers of people connected to the internet, electronic commerce (e-commerce) is gaining rapid acceptance.

Discuss the view that with increasing development of the internet and e-commerce, monopolistic competition would gradually become the more prevalent market structure. [25] (Monopolistic Competition)

Q22(a) Using examples, explain how a firm can enjoy economies of scale. Q22(b) To what extent do you agree that oligopoly is the most desirable form of market structure in Singapore?

Q23 (a) With the use of examples, differentiate between the key features of the monopolistic competition and oligopoly. Q23 (b) Discuss whether the survival of firms in these two models is solely dependent on their competitive strategies.

Q24 (a) Explain how, in economic theory, a perfectly competitive firm would determine the price that would maximize profits. Q24 (b) Discuss whether firms set prices at profit-maximising level in reality. [15) (Firms’ Objectives)

Q25. Profitable firms are necessary efficient firms. Examine this assertion. [25]

Q26. Pfizer’s merger with competitor Pharmacia in 2003 made it the largest pharmaceutical company amongst some ten to twelve companies. Pfizer (that give us the COVID-19 vaccine ) also boasts the industry’s largest pharmaceutical Research and Development (R&D) organisation, which invests $7.6 billion in R&D on average annually.

(a) Identify the likely type of market structure Pfizer operates in, and distinguish its key features with perfect competition. [10] (b) Examine whether having large companies, such as Pfizer, in the pharmaceutical market could beneficial to society. [15]

Q27. In 2005, London Energy invested millions of pounds in research and development (R&D) but it would take about two years before the factories are to run efficiently, and to enjoy economies of scale.

(a) Explain how London Energy’s investment affects its profits in the short run and long run. [10m) (b) Economies of scale are said to be beneficial. This means that mergers of small firms should be encouraged. Discuss [15]

Q28. Discuss whether large firms have lower unit costs than that of small firms, and assess how the government can help smaller firms to lower their unit costs. [25]

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10 Questions on Market Structure (Economics)

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1. The conditions for profit maximization by a firm is that: (a) MC = AR and MC cuts MR from below (b) MC = MR and MC cuts MR from above (c) MC = MR and MC cuts MR from below (d) MC = AC and AR cuts MC from below

2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of perfect competition? (a) A large number of buyers and sellers (b) The existence of only zero profit in the short run (c) Uniform price (d) The absence of transparent cost (e) Free entry and free exit

3. Who is the originator of the theory of monopolistic competition? (a) R.A. Musgrave (b) J.M. Keynes (c) Joan Robinson (d) Adam Smith (e) E.H. Chamberlain

4. Product differentiation is a typical feature of: (a) Perfect competition (b) Oligopoly (c) Monopoly (d) Pure competition (e) Monopolistic competition

5. When the monopolist equates MC to MR then, the firm would be: (a) Maximizing output (b) Minimizing costs (c) Maximizing profit (d) Maximizing sales (e) Maximizing economies of scale

6. A monopoly is said to misallocate resources (a) because without competition there is no pressure on the firm to be efficient (b) because under certain circumstances different consumers are charged different prices for the same product or services (c) because the market price under monopoly is greater than the marginal cost of additional output (d) because it faces a downward-sloping demand curve

7. Which of the following is a unique characteristic of oligopoly? (a) production of a standardized product (b) the use of advertising and product development (c) mutual interdependence among firms in the industry (d) none of the above (e) the existence of barriers to entry including patents and copyrights

8. In a perfectly competitive market, the firm is in the long-run equilibrium when (a) There is excess profit (b) MR = ATC = MC = P (c) Price is stable (d) The price is greater than the average cost (e) None of the above

9. A profit-maximizing monopolist (a) follows the same rules for profit maximization as the perfectly competitive firm (b) follows different rules for profit maximization than does the perfectly competitive firm (c) will set price equal to marginal cost in order to determine the maximizing output (d) will set marginal cost equal to average revenue in order to determine the maximizing output

10. A profit-maximizing firm will always produce (a) where marginal cost is less than marginal revenue (b) where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost (c) at a point of minimum average cost (d) where marginal cost is greater than marginal revenue (e) None of the above

Market Structure Essay Questions

1. Define Perfect Completion, Monopoly, Monopolistic Completion and Oligopoly. 2. Show with graphs on how firms maximize profit under Perfect Competition and Monopoly.

1 -C 2 -B 3 -E 4 -E 5 -C 6 -A 7 -C 8 -B 9 -A 10 -B

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Market Structures Essay

Introduction, types of market structures.

In an ordinary market structure, there is the assumption that there are several and different sellers and buyers. The result of this is fair competition where price of goods is determined by the forces of demand and supply. This is so because, in such a market, both the seller and buyer are equally able to influence the price.

However, this is not always the case. Some market industries have only a single seller or much fewer sellers than consumers, limiting the buyer’s ability to influence the price. This paper discusses the various market structures that exist in our market today and the various pricing strategies that could be applied in their management.

Pure monopoly

This type of market exists when there is only a single seller controlling the supply of goods or services in the entire market. He alone can control the price and prevents other businesses from entering the market. They commonly exist in a government-regulated setting. A case in point is the provision of electric and Natural gas utilities in the United States.

The government is the sole provider of these utilities and regulates their delivery to the public through the state, federal and local agencies. The prices are not arrived at through the forces of demand and supply but by the structures of the government. “The agencies govern the prices they charge, the terms of their services to consumers, their budgets and construction plans, and their programs for energy efficiency and other services,” (Regulatory Assistance Project 2011, P. 3).

Competition in this sector cannot thrive since the government provides subsidies to these utilities so as to provide cheaper services to the public, something that small private entities are unable to do. In addition, the infrastructural and technological requirement for the provision of the services would be so much of an expense for a private entity to meet.

Even though the government is the price maker here, it cannot set prices at a level that the consumer will not be able to afford if it wants to make profits. To set the prices, the monopolist should use the market demand curve and use it to set its own prices. The position marginal revenue for the monopolist should be less than the marginal revenue (MR). The position and elasticity of the demand curve works to limit the pricing mechanism of the monopolist.

The firm can only make maximum profits, on a short term, where the additional cost used to produce one more unit is equal to the resulting revenue from that one unit. For normal profits, the average revenue (AR) should be equal to the Average Total Cost (ATC). In the long run, the firm will only make profits where the AR is greater than the average cost (AC). (Mcconnel & Brue, 2009)

Pure Competition Market structure

This is a kind of a market where no single entity monopolizes the price determination process. Prices of goods are determined by forces of demand and supply and every player in the market has a part to play. A classic example would be a street vendor business.

In this kind of business, there is a large number of buyers and sellers and anyone may enter or leave the market at will without any barrier to doing so. Both consumers and producers are well informed of the prices and quality of goods and goods are homogenous across the market without much differentiation.

Every partaker is interested in maximizing profits as opposed to monopolizing the market whose returns are non-increasing to scale. Factors of production are freely mobile within the market with flexibility to ever-changing market circumstances. There are no new firms in the industry thus the same number of firms remains throughout.

In this market, the price is normally given by the demand and supply curve, as determined by the market forces, hence referred to as a ‘price taker’. The firm will sell its products at the current market prices and has no power to alter those prices. The stock is fixed while the supply curve will be perfectly elastic. In the short run, the firm can try to increase supply by increasing variable inputs. Profit will be maximized when MR is equal to MC. The firm must however fix their output to the prevailing market prices.

In the long run, the firm may change their unit of output as new firms enter the market. Supernormal profits will be realized where AR is greater than AC. When AR is greater than AC small firms starts quitting the market resulting into a decreased price. This will go on until AR is equal to AC and the firm makes normal profits. (McConnell & Brue, 2009)

Monopolistic Competition

This is a form of market where sellers deal with competitive products but which are differentiated from one another. It is almost like a perfect competition but though there are many firms in the industry, the products of each company are differentiated to make them unique to products of other firms.

An example is the Nike shoes. Even though many firms make shoes, which are equally competitive, only Nike makes that kind of shoe and one cannot obtain it from any other firm. The shoe is homogenous and specific to the firm and their differentiation gives monopoly over Nike to make the shoe alone.

Here, just like perfect market, the firm will take the market prices as determined by rival firms and will be forced to disregard their own influence on prices. In the short run, the firm may determine the prices depending on its level of differentiation and will have the same effects as a monopoly making huge economic prices.

However, as time goes by and competition increases, the effect of differentiation loosens gradually and the market changes to a perfect competitive one, with less profits. At the optimum quantity of production and optimum price, the firms will now earn normal profits. The equilibrium point, no new firms will be entering the industry.

Oligopoly market structure

This is a situation where there are few sellers of a commodity. The commodity being sold is however very similar but not identical to the others in the market. Products are close substitutes of each other but each firm has monopoly power over its own product. It also includes a duopoly where there are only two firms dealing with the product, e.g., Coca-cola and Pepsi. These two companies are the only known producers of carbonated soft drinks, yet their products are differentiated from each other.

For other firms to enter the market, they will require heavy investment and highly developed technology and incur high costs of promotion, thus posing a major barrier to entry of new firms and competition. The existing firms may also decide to merge, presenting even more difficulty to new entry. Both sellers have a substantial amount of influence on the pricing policies but there is mutual interdependency in price. The prices therefore remain relatively stable.

In this case, the pricing of Coca-cola will affect Pepsi’s price appreciably and the vice versa. Therefore, the best way is to agree, as between the two firms, on a pricing policy that is comfortable to the two firms. When such collusion of price determination occurs, the firms agree on an identical price, normally high, maximizing their profits and minimizing the production costs.

The pricing may be done through cost-plus pricing, which involves adding percentages of profit margin to Average Variables Cost to obtain the price. It may also be arrived at through the Mark-up pricing. Here the percentage mark-up it predetermined to cover the average margin. The AVC is estimated through the units of output produced over a given period of time. The level of output is used to determine the average cost.

Monopsony competition

Denotes a situation where one buyer buys from several existing sellers and he is therefore, the main determinant of the price in the entire market.

It is mostly found in the market for the exchange of factor services. The price he sets is lower than the market price and the quality exchanged is not correspondent to the price. For example, major sports clubs such as the National Baseball Association (NBA).

A baseball player wishing to be professional baseball player can only seek employment from NBA only. NBA will determine the minimum factor price which the player will and can take.

Though the monopsony is the price maker, if he wants to obtain quantity services, he has to part with a higher price or incur additional expenses or wages to hire more workers. The additional wages will enable him to earn more profits. These additional expenses are the marginal factor cost and the additional profits are the marginal revenue product. For maximization of profits, the firm should hire the quantity equal to the marginal factor cost and marginal revenue product, where these two curves meet, (Africa Awards, 2011).

The basic assumption of the existence of a perfect competitive market therefore, rarely exists. We have seen that there are markets dominated by one or two sellers or even one buyer.

Each market structure’s existence, however, is dependent on its power to influence the market price. There are also other minor types of markets that exist apart from the ones covered in this paper, for example a bilateral monopoly-duopsony, a market with two buyers and one seller. Also

Bilateral oligopoly-monopsony; one buyer and few sellers. However, all these are embedded in the five main ones discussed above.

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Monopolistic Competition Definition: Monopolistic Competition is defined as a market structure with a large number of firms, low barriers to entry and differentiated products.

Monopolistic Competition Examples & Explanation: Local restaurants, pubs, hairdressers, and even tutoring businesses tend to fall into the monopolistic competition market structure. These businesses are relatively easy to set-up, meaning they have low barriers to entry. They sell slightly different products to one another (e.g. Irish bar vs Sports bar; Chinese vs Indian takeaway), which gives them some market power to set their own prices. The more differentiated/unique their product is, the less substitutes there are for what they are offering, and the more control they have over prices to maximise profits ( imagine takeaway sushi vs Michelin star sushi ). Despite they are likely to make supernormal profits in the short-run, more firms will enter into the market in the long-run and compete those profits away by offering more substitute products. This will be due to the ease of entry and high contestability of the market. Monopolistic competition is considered less efficient than perfect competition but also not as inefficient as a monopoly .

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Overview of amazon's market structure, dominance of amazon in the e-commerce market, oligopolistic aspects of amazon's market structure, analysis of amazon's pricing strategy, antitrust and regulatory concerns.

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