Oligopoly

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Oligopoly

Oligopoly

Oligopolists

Models of Oligopoly

Model 1: Cartels

Requirements for Success

More About Cartels ...

Model 2: Price Leadership

Model 3: Cost-Plus Pricing

Model 4: Game Theory

A Special Oligopolist

Payoff Matrix

Duopoly Payoff Matrix

Model 5: The Kinked Demand Curve

Model 6: Merger

Mergers and Oligopoly

Why did they merge?

Vertical Merger

Conglomerate Merger

Why Merge?

Who Wins?

And the big winners are ...

Who Loses?

Spin-off Schizophrenia?

Monopolistic Competition Conclusions

Conclusions on Oligopoly

Conclusions on Oligopoly

Author: Dean Schiffman