Perfect competition is a theoretical model with many buyers and sellers offering identical products. In this model, firms cannot influence prices and make zero long-term profit due to free entry and ...

Reviewed by Michael J BoyleFact checked by Suzanne KvilhaugReviewed by Michael J BoyleFact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug A monopolistic market and a perfectly competitive market represent two market ...

As a small-business owner, you're probably an avid reader of financial and economic news. And like many of your colleagues, you probably scratch your head over some of the headlines you read about ...

In micro-economic textbooks, the main factor assumed to affect the quality of a market is the number of sellers. A single seller, termed a monopolist, is the worst because that seller has maximum ...

In market economies, there are a variety of different market systems that exist, depending on the industry and the companies within that industry. It is important for small business owners to ...

Buyers and sellers meet and at the right price all products are sold Three little words. Often that is all it takes to make one’s heart beat faster. “Liberty, equality, fraternity” captured the French ...

It doesn’t matter what country you are in, regulators always seem to be reworking rules to make their markets better. The problem is that, often, different market objectives (and their solutions) ...