monopolistic competition

collocation in English

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monopolistic
adjective
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/məˌnɒp.əlˈɪs.tɪk/us
/məˌnɑː.pəlˈɪs.tɪk/
having or trying to have complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have ...
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competition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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Thus, the aggregate economy is characterized withmonopolisticcompetitionin the goods and labor markets.
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The menu cost model differs from the classical approach by adopting an industrial structure based on the static model ofmonopolisticcompetition.
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The economy here has other distortions (monopolisticcompetition, income tax)-nevertheless, optimized policy under sticky prices entails (almost) full inflation stabilization.
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In themonopolisticcompetitionsetting, time-variations in the price elasticity of demand lead firms to charge time-varying markups.
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The economy features capital, variable labor supply,monopolisticcompetitionin goods markets, and exogenous shocks to productivity and to government purchases.
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There ismonopolisticcompetitionin intermediate goods markets-each intermediate good is produced by a single firm.
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Presented is a simple business-cycle model withmonopolisticcompetition, where prices are preset for one period and agents hold money to satisfy a cash-inadvance constraint.
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The economy here hasmonopolisticcompetitionand tax distortions.
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For the model ofmonopolisticcompetition, has the same sign as the change in the gap between the supply price and the demand price of labor.
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Because the market structure ismonopolisticcompetitionwith free entry, the arbitrage condition implies that the present value of monopoly profits should equal the value of the patent.
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A firm that develops a design for a new capital component earns a stream of profits that stems from marketing the additional component under the market structure ofmonopolisticcompetition.
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There is somemonopolisticcompetitionto be found in the steel industry, but not cases of perfect competition.
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Textbook examples of industries with market structures similar tomonopolisticcompetitioninclude restaurants, cereal, clothing, shoes, and service industries in large cities.
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Common market structures studied besides perfect competition includemonopolisticcompetition, various forms of oligopoly, and monopoly.
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The model also showed how path-dependent industrial concentrations can sometimes lead tomonopolisticcompetitionor even situations of oligopoly.
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This model is a derivative of themonopolisticcompetitionmodel that is part of basic economics.
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In the presence of coercive government,monopolisticcompetitionwill fall into government-granted monopoly.
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The model ofmonopolisticcompetitionstates that distinctiveness will entail profits, but profits will promote imitation.
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Models ofmonopolisticcompetitionare often used to model industries.
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New trade theories are often based on assumptions such asmonopolisticcompetitionand increasing returns to scale.
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