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Section 4

Impacts of Monopoly on Efficiency

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Reasons for Efficiency Loss

A monopoly generates less surplus and is less efficient than a competitive market, and therefore results in deadweight loss.

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Understanding and Finding the Deadweight Loss

In economics, deadweight loss is a loss of economic efficiency that occurs when equilibrium for a good or service is not Pareto optimal.

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