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Swadee\'s Jewelry is one of six hundred makers of ruby rings in Thailand. The ri

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Question

Swadee's Jewelry is one of six hundred makers of ruby rings in Thailand. The rings display differences across the companies because each jewelry company has its own designs. Swadee is the fourth-largest producer of ruby rings in Thailand and sells 15% of the ruby rings in the market. Which statement is descriptive of the structure of the ruby ring market in Thailand?

The market cannot be monopolistic competition or an oligopoly. The ruby ring market is an oligopoly because there are six hundred companies competing against each other. It is a perfectly competitive market since there are six hundred companies that produce a homogeneous product. It has some characteristics of monopolistic competition except that there are a few firms that have significant market share.

Explanation / Answer

THe asnwer is D -) It has some characteristics of monopolistic competition except that there are a few firms that have significant market share.

because, in ruby rings market , there are 600 number of firms which are producing ruby ring but they are producing slightly different product in their qualtity or in brand name. there fore, product is differentiatied and thus we can say that, the market is monopolistic competition . for a perfect competition, the product should be homeogenous and our product is not homegenous and in oligopoly market, the small firms having a large majority of market share.