Market Structure: Oligopolies

In this economics worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer based on the four types of market structure. Students consider 6 characteristics of perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly as they...

No need to waste time plotting out each and every graph for your eager young economists. This PowerPoint presentation includes plots and graphs representing marginal revenue, marginal cost, average total cost, and demand for a monopoly,...

Students examine the different types of market structures. They analyze these structures using diagrammatic representations.

Students investigate the structure of oligopolistic markets. The business market is explored in order to make a comparison to accepted theory found in textbooks. An overall picture of the market is then created within the student mind to...

Students examine how markets can be broken down by businesses. They explore topics such as market positioning and market segments. They discuss how market structure influences the market itself.

Through notes and related videos, students gain a basic understanding of market structures and the characteristics of firms that display perfect competition.

This site provides a good description of the four types of market structures: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly, along with the major characteristics of each.

This site offers a description of a price taker and the characteristics in this sellers' market structure. The price taker is examined in both the short run and the long run.

This site provides the characteristics, behaviors, and problems of a firm in a monopolistic competition market structure.

Students examine the seven P's in marketing. They discover the need to blend different elements to make marketing successful. They place significance on elements for different products and services.