\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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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Monopoly definition}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The only seller of a good or service which does not have a close substitute.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Narrow definition & A firm is a monopoly if it can ignore the actions of all other firms. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Broad definition & Other firms in the market are not close enough substitutes \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Monopolistic competition}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{A market structure in which barriers to entry are low, and many firms compete by selling similar, but not identical, products. Difference may be real or artificial.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Has downward-sloping demand and marginal revenue curves. Small amount of control over price.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Oligopoly: A market structure in which a small number of interdependent firms compete.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Every firm that {\bf{has the ability}} to affect the price of the good or service it sells will have a {\bf{marginal revenue curve}} that is {\bf{below}} its demand curve.} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Easy entry and exit to the market} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Highly but not perfectly elastic.} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} How monopoloisticaly comp firm maximises profit in the {\bf{short run}} & 1. Calculate Profit = (P - ATC) x Q \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & 2. Profit is maximised or loss is minimised when MR = MC \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{May make money, lose money, or break even.} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Long run} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Entry of new firms & Demand will go down (left) \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & Will sell fewer products at every price \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Demand curve will become more elastic \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Four main reasons monopolies arise}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Four reasons for high barriers to entry} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Government blocks the entry of more than one firm into a market. & By granting a patent or copyright or By granting a firm a public franchise, which makes it the exclusive legal provider of a good or service. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 8) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Control of a key raw material} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Network externalities & Product usefulness increases with number users \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Natural monopoly & Economies of scale are so large one firm has a natural monopoly \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Maximise profit in monopolistic competition}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/mrskittenheel_1402910278_2014-06-16 19_15_54-W8 Economics Lecture notes - Microsoft Word non-commercial use.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{4.23045 cm} p{0.74655 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Price and output decision}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Max profit is where marginal revenue = marginal cost & MR = MC \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Like every other firm} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Demand curve = product demand curve} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Price Maker} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{With a natural monopoly, the average total cost curve is still falling when it crosses the demand curve} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Monopoly affect on economic efficiency?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Will produce less and charge a higher price than a perfectly competitive industry} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Causes a reduction in consumer surplus} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Causes an increase in producer surplus} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Dauses a deadweight loss (allocative inefficiency)} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Increases market power (ability to charge higher than marginal cost)} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Firms with market power are more likely to earn economic profits, so because R \& D requires \$\$\$ they are also more likely to introduce new products} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Equilibrium in a perfectly competitive market results in the greatest amount of economic surplus, or total benefit to society} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}