market concentration
noun[U]
ECONOMICSukusthedegreeto which asmallnumberofcompaniescontrolalargepartof amarket:
Inrecentyearsthere has been someevidenceof anincreaseinmarketconcentrationin the PCindustry.
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market fragmentation
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market concentration
Marketconcentrationis related to "industrial concentration", which concerns the distribution of production within an industry, as opposed to a market.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There appear to be significant economies achieved by having larger network size, but regulation has also contributed to highmarketconcentration.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Marketconcentration, a related metric, measures the degree to which a comparatively small number of firms accounts for a large proportion of the market.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These two are known as the traditional structural measures ofmarketconcentration(based on market shares).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Any criterion that can be used to compare or rank distributions (e.g. probability distribution, frequency distribution or size distribution) can be used as amarketconcentrationcriterion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We know of only three studies that examine the relationship betweenmarketconcentrationand price for a specific procedure at a hospital.
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This index is a traditional measure ofmarketconcentration.
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Themarketconcentrationof major competitors also played a role.
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The authors look at how the evolution of the annuity rate has depended on financial factors as well as competitive factors such asmarketconcentration.
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Financial opening has therefore forced the banking system towards a new round ofmarketconcentration.
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