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  2. Natural monopoly - Wikipedia

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    Two different types of cost are important in microeconomics: marginal cost and fixed cost.The marginal cost is the cost to the company of serving one more customer. In an industry where a natural monopoly does not exist, the vast majority of industries, the marginal cost decreases with economies of scale, then increases as the company has growing pains (overworking its employees, bureaucracy ...

  3. Ramsey problem - Wikipedia

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    A natural monopoly earns negative profits if it sets price equals to marginal cost, so it must set prices for some or all of the products it sells to above marginal cost if it is to be viable without government subsidies. Ramsey pricing says to mark up most the goods with the least elastic (that is, least price-sensitive) demand or supply.

  4. Monopoly - Wikipedia

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    A natural monopoly is an organization that experiences increasing returns to scale over the relevant range of output and relatively high fixed costs. [70] A natural monopoly occurs where the average cost of production "declines throughout the relevant range of product demand".

  5. PG&E enjoys a near monopoly on energy. So why must its ...

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    But, as a natural monopoly, PG&E and other investor-owned utilities do not have to be for-profit entities. In fact, around California, there are over 40 publicly owned electric utilities that are ...

  6. Market structure - Wikipedia

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    A firm is a natural monopoly if it is able to serve the entire market demand at a lower cost than any combination of two or more smaller, more specialized firms. Or natural obstacles, such as the sole ownership of natural resources, De beers was a monopoly in the diamond industry for years. Monopsony, when there is only a single buyer in a ...

  7. Market failure - Wikipedia

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    Australia is an example that meets this description. [18] A natural monopoly is a firm whose per-unit cost decreases as it increases output; in this situation it is most efficient (from a cost perspective) to have only a single producer of a good. Natural monopolies display so-called increasing returns to scale.

  8. Anti-competitive practices - Wikipedia

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    Natural monopoly: This type of monopoly occurs when a firm can efficiently supply the entire market due to economies of scale, where larger production leads to lower costs. For example, in some cases, utilities (such as those providing electricity or water) may operate as natural monopolies due to high infrastructure and distribution costs.

  9. Wide Moat Natural Monopoly Traits Advantageous for Investors

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