Barriers to entry: Obstacles that prevent new firms from entering a market, such as patents, control of resources, economies of scale, or legal restrictions.
How to apply it: Classify barriers to entry and explain how they sustain market power in monopoly and oligopoly.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Imperfect Competition
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