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Address the differences between monopolies, monopolistic competitions, and oligopolies.

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Solution compares the characteristics of monopolies, monopolistic competition and oligopolies.

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Market Characteristics

1. Number of firms/size of firms
Monopolistic Competition: Market structure is characterized by large number of relatively small firms
Oligopoly: Oligopoly has small number of relatively large firms
Monopoly: There is only one firm in this case

2. Product
Monopolistic Competition: Many real or ...

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