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Chapter 13, Problem 8QFR
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The concept of network externalities and its importance to an oligopolist.
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This chapter discusses companies that are oligopolists in the market for the goods they sell. Many of the same ideas apply to companies that are oligopolists in the market for the inputs they buy. If sellers who are oligopolists try to increase the price of goods they sell, the goal of buyers who are oligopolists is to try to decrease the prices of goods they buy.
Major league baseball team owners have an oligopoly in the market for baseball players.
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Mosdef benefited from more consumers buying Greenbeam DVD players.
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