Explain why market power leads to a deadweight loss. Is the total deadweight loss from market power in the United States large or small?
What will be an ideal response?
Market power allows a firm to set its price above marginal cost, which creates deadweight loss. Research suggests that in the United States total deadweight loss from market power is fairly small, perhaps less than one percent of GDP.
Economics
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