11: Monopoly Last updated Jan 4, 2021 Save as PDF 10.3: Long-Run Outcomes 11.1: Introduction to Monopoly Page ID3504 BoundlessBoundless ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) Topic hierarchy11.1: Introduction to MonopolyA monopoly is an economic market structure where a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular good.11.2: Barriers to Entry: Reasons for Monopolies to ExistControl over a natural resource that is critical to the production of a final good is one source of monopoly power.11.3: Monopoly Production and Pricing Decisions and Profit OutcomeMonopolies, as opposed to perfectly competitive markets, have high barriers to entry and a single producer that acts as a price maker.11.4: Impacts of Monopoly on EfficiencyA monopoly generates less surplus and is less efficient than a competitive market, and therefore results in deadweight loss.11.5: Price DiscriminationIn a competitive market, price discrimination occurs when identical goods and services are sold at different prices by the same provider.11.6: Monopoly in Public PolicyA monopoly can diminish consumer choice, reduce incentives to innovate, and control supply to enforce inequitable prices in a society.