Principles of Microeconomics, 7th Edition

Published by South-Western College
ISBN 10: 128516590X
ISBN 13: 978-1-28516-590-5

Chapter 7 - Part III - Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets - Questions for Review - Page 151: 5

Answer

1. Market Power- it keeps the price and quantity away from the levels determined by the equilibrium of supply and demand. 2. Externalities- buyers and sellers ignore these effects when deciding how much to consume and produce.

Work Step by Step

Market power is the ability of a single buyer or seller in influence prices. This means that the market is not perfectly competitive, as what is assumed. Externalities are side effects of the production/consumption of items that affect people other than the buyer or seller. This goes against the assumption that the outcome in a market matters only to the participants in that market.
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