\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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(+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Allocative efficiency → MC = AR} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Perfect competition}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Perfect competition markets are those in which each firm has a small market share, They are powerless to determine price and they charge prices that are set by the market} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{CHARACTERISTICS}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{many buyers and sellers} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Freedom of entry and exit} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 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% Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Revenue max}}: firm attempts to sell at a price that achieves the highest sales revenue} \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Perfect competition (cont)}} \tn % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Productive efficiency}}: economy cant produce more of a good without sacrificing another good} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Allocative efficiency}}: all goods and services are optimally distributed among buyers} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Monopolistic competition}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 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This limits competition and sets high prices} \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Game theory}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/egomezc_1649623606_Screen Shot 2022-04-10 at 3.46.29 PM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{What a firm does if the other firm changes the price} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Kinked demand curve (non collusive)}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/egomezc_1649623661_Screen Shot 2022-04-10 at 3.47.19 PM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{This model assumes that there will be intervals of relative price stabilization under inflation. Firms will not follow if prices rise} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Government intervention to market power abuse}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Legislation}}: used to prohibit things such as takeovers or mergers that can occur among firms which would end up giving one firm more than a certain percentage of the market share.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Regulation}}: markets setting up anti-monopoly commissions with the purpose of investigating markets and ensure that monopoly power is not being used against public interests} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Nationalization}}. when a government takes control of a private sector industry in order to run it as part of the public sector for the best interests of the public} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Rational producer behaviour - profit max}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Profit maximization}} refers to the level at which a firm will produce the greatest amount of profit this is the output level at which marginal costs equal marginal revenue.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{EQUATIONS}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{TR - TC → Profit is maximum at the level of output where TR - TC is greatest} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{MR = MC → Profit is maximum at the level of output where MR = MC.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Abnormal profit → AR \textgreater{} AC} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Normal profit → AR = AC} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Losses → AR \textless{} AC} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Degrees of market power}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Market power}} refers to the ability a firm has to increase its profits by setting a price that is higher than the marginal cost.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Degree of market power}}: The degree to which an individual firm is able to set prices will determine how competitive the market is} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{**ADVANTAGES OF LARGE MARKET POWER} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Economies of scale and investment} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Research and development and innovation} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The natural monopoly justification} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Monopolistic corporations as agents of common good} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}