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Economic Definition of sources monopoly. Defined.

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Term sources monopoly Definition: Monopolies achieve their single-seller status for three interrelated reasons: (1) economies of scale, (2) government decree, and (3) resource ownership. While a monopoly can emerge and persist for any one of these reasons, most monopolies rely on more than one and often all three.

 

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