ECO 171: Costs and Market
Structure
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Costs and Market Structure

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ECO 171: Costs and Market
Structure
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Basic ideas
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Determinants of market structure: how many firms
in an industry?
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Economies of scale – Cost functions
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Minimum efficient scale
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Role of demand
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Other determinants
