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Competition aheadOften used in risk arbitrage. Situation whereby another OTC market maker has transacted with investment bank at the stated market level before the bid/offer has been made.Competition ahead Similar MatchesCompetitionCompetitionIntra- or intermarket rivalry between or among businesses trying to obtain a larger piece of the same market share. Perfect competitionPerfect competitionAn idealized market structure in which there are large numbers of both buyers and sellers, all of them small, so that they act as price takers. Perfect competition also assumes homogeneous products, free entry and exit, and complete information. Most international trade theory prior to the New Trade Theory assumed perfect competition. Perfect competitionPerfect competitionAn idealized market environment in which every market participant is too small to affect the market price by acting on its own. Imperfect competitionImperfect competitionAny departure from perfect competition. However, imperfect competition usually refers to one of the market structures other than perfect competition. Monopolistic competitionMonopolistic competitionA market structure in which there are many sellers each producing a differentiated product. Each can set its own price and quantity, but is too small for that to matter for prices and quantities of other producers in the industry. Further SuggestionsIn competitionCompetition Cournot competition Competition policy Bertrand competition |
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