In Chapter 1, Pride, Hughes, and Kapoor (2023) describes four types of competition that exists in the capitalist system, two of which are a monopolistic competition and an oligopoly. Based on that, answer the following question: Consider an electric utilities store and a retail store. In which of the two competitions would each fall? Explain why you placed each of the two businesses in their respective competition.

In Chapter 1, Pride, Hughes, and Kapoor (2023) describes four types of competition that exists in the capitalist system, two of which are a monopolistic competition and an oligopoly. Based on that, answer the following question: Consider an electric utilities store and a retail store. In which of the two competitions would each fall? Explain why you placed each of the two businesses in their respective competition.

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Author:Tucker, Irvin B.

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