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Economic Definition of oligopoly. Defined.

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Term oligopoly Definition: A market structure dominated by a small number of large firms, selling either identical or differentiated products, and significant barriers to entry into the industry. This is one of four basic market structures. The other three are perfect competition, monopoly, and monopolistic competition.

 

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