Curated Video
Introduction to Oligopoly Markets: Characteristics and Pricing Strategies
This video is a lecture presentation introducing the concept of an oligopoly market structure. The speaker discusses the main characteristics of an oligopoly market and compares oligopoly to other market structures, such as perfect...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Paul Martin: Taking A Stand On Financial Regulation
Canada has long received credit for its economic turnaround under the stewardship of Paul Martin, the country’s former prime minister and finance minister. In general, Martin has received justifiable plaudits but often for the wrong...
ACDC Leadership
Classroom Activity- The Four Market Structures Candy Simulation
The best way to learn something is to do it! Here is another experiencial learning activity for economics that you can do with your students. It will help your students understand and explain the difference between the four market...
Curated Video
Market Structures: Understanding the Range from Perfectly Competitive Markets to Monopolies
The video discusses the topic of market structure and how markets can range in structure from being competitive to non-competitive like monopolies. The video explains the different types of market structures, such as perfect competition,...
Curated Video
Understanding Oligopoly Markets: Competition, Interdependence, and Collusion
The video discusses the concept of oligopoly within economics. The video provides examples of oligopoly markets in the UK such as supermarkets, banking, mobile phone networks, and energy. The video explains why firms in oligopolies do...
Curated Video
Calculating Concentration Ratios in Oligopoly Markets
This video is about calculating concentration ratios in a market, especially in an oligopoly. The video explains what concentration ratios are, how they help understand the market structure, and how to calculate them for different...
ACDC Leadership
Oligopoly and Game Theory- Micro Topic 4.5
My 90 second explanation of oligopolies and game theory. Understanding how to read the chart is the first step. The numbers in the left of each square are for the firm on the left. The numbers on the right are for the firm on the top....
ACDC Leadership
The Kinked Demand Curve: Econ Concepts in 60 Seconds
My 60 second explanation of non-colluding oligopolies and the kinked demand curve model. Remember that if you raise your price your demand will be elastic and if you lower your price demand will be inelastic.
Curated Video
Understanding Oligopolies: Market Structure and Outcomes
This video discusses the concept of oligopolies in market structure. The video emphasizes the high interdependency between firms in oligopoly markets and the lack of a specific theoretical explanation for how oligopolies behave. It...
ACDC Leadership
Oligopolies and Game Theory- EconMovies #8: The Dark Knight
Students- EconMovies explain economic concepts through movies. In this episode, I use The Dark Knight to explain oligopolies, game theory, dominate strategy, and Nash equilibrium. Good luck studying economics. If you're good at...
ACDC Leadership
2011 AP Econ Videos- Collude With Me
Here is an amazing video showing firms in an oligopoly and collusion.
Jacob Clifford
Four Market Structures Simulation
Here is a fantastic resource in which you will watch as an instructor models a simulation conducted in an economics class on the four market structures (perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, monopoly).
Crash Course
Crash Course Economics #26: Game Theory and Oligopoly
Crash Course video talks about what constitutes an oligopoly and how it is different from a monopoly. [9:55]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Oligopolies, Duopolies, Collusion, and Cartels
Thinking about when oligopolies behave more like monopolies or perfect competitors. [8:26]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Oligopolies and Monopolistic Competition
Video lecture explores the different markets that are in-between monopolies and perfect competition. [9:21]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Oligopolies, Duopolies, Collusion, and Cartels
When does an oligopoly act more like a perfectly competitive firm, and when does it act more like a monopolist? Find out in this video [8:25].
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Game Theory Worked Example From Ap Microeconomics
Watch Sal Khan work through a free response question (FRQ) for AP Microeconomics on the topic of game theory. [13:32]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Game Theory of Cheating Firms
We deepen our understanding of a Nash Equilibrium by exploring Pareto optimality and more on Nash Equilibrium in this video. [9:20]