market power
noun[U]
FINANCE,COMMERCEukustheabilityof acompanytocontrolpricesin aparticularindustry:
Banks can usemarketpowertodominatenarrowderivativesmarkets.
Individualinsurershave somemarketpowertoraisetheirpremiums.
Examplesofmarket power
market power
The index ranges from a high of 1 to a low of 0, with higher numbers implying greatermarketpower.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is likely to happen when the parties to the agreement have substantialmarketpower.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, these scholars assumed that firms employedmarketpowerto impose tying contracts, but that such contracts were nonetheless harmless or even beneficial.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The market share usually is affected bymarketpower.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thismarketpowermeant that small farming operations had inadequate access to credit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Marketpoweris a companys ability to increase prices without losing all its customers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A company must have some degree ofmarketpowerto practice price discrimination.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It also can play a crucial role in the development or acquisition ofmarketpower.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although a monopoly'smarketpoweris great it is still limited by the demand side of the market.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A firm with totalmarketpowercan raise prices without losing any customers to competitors.
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