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OLIGOPOLY: 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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FIRM OBJECTIVES The standard economic assumption underlying the analysis of firms is profit maximization. Real world firms, however, might not, and many times do not, make decisions based on the profit-maximization objective, or at least exclusively on the profit-maximization objective. Other objectives include: (1) sales maximization, (2) pursuit of personal welfare, and (3) pursuit of social welfare.
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Approximately three-fourths of the U.S. paper currency in circular contains traces of cocaine.
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"The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little. " -- William Jennings Bryan
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DCFM Discounted Cash Flow Method
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