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Meaning and Types of Markets

ICSE · Class 10 · Economics

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Topics in Meaning and Types of Markets

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Meaning of Market

  • A market is not necessarily a physical place.
  • Market in economics means buyers and sellers of a commodity.
  • A market is defined with reference to a specific commodity, such as rice, coffee, mobile phones, or TV sets.
2

Perfect Competition

  • Perfect competition is a market situation where there are a large number of buyers and sellers selling identical products.
  • The product is homogeneous, so buyers do not prefer one seller’s product over another.
  • The seller can sell any amount of output at the prevailing market price.
3

Monopoly

  • Monopoly refers to a market situation where there is only a single seller.
  • The word monopoly comes from mono meaning single and poly meaning seller.
  • The distinction between firm and industry disappears under monopoly.
4

Monopolistic Competition

  • Monopolistic competition is a market situation where there are a large number of small sellers selling closely related goods but not homogeneous goods.
  • It lies between monopoly and perfect competition.
  • Product differentiation is a key feature of monopolistic competition.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Market structure in economics

Meaning of marketPerfect competitionMonopolyMonopolistic competitionOligopolyMonopsonySimilarities and comparisons

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