Explain, using examples, the abuse of monopoly power as a market failure.

Explanation:

A monopoly is a market structure where there is only one supplier of a product and many buyers. An example of a monopoly is Microsoft; it is a price setter in the market. Abuse of monopoly power can occur when a firm dominates the market meaning no competitors within the industry. This abuse   could be in form of limiting output or setting higher prices to benefit from supernormal profits . This therefore leads to less choice for consumers.Over time, monopolies can become less innovative because they do not have competition and causing the market to fail and be inefficient; the price mechanism fails to take into account all of the costs and/or benefits of providing and consuming a good.

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