Manufacturing Industry Evaluation

Manufacturing Industry Evaluation
Alison Samples
ECO 204
Jeannine Cataldi
Monday, September 3, 2012

Manufacturing Industry Evaluation:
Economics uses constriction proportions to determine whether households in a given industry ar oligopolies. This research aims at determining oligopoly using the assimilation ratio in the following four industries in the United States:

-Fluid milk.
-Womens and girls combust and hoist dresses.
-Envelopes.
-Electronic computers

Using statistics from the US  census bureau, economical census(2002), I will able to answer the following questions;

-Find the four- firm meanness  ratios  for  the  following  industries: fluid milk (311511), womens and girls cut and sew dresses (315233), envelopes (322232),  electronic computers (334111). 
-Assess the level of competition for each of the four industries.
-Define oligopolies and make out which of the listed industries qualify as oligopolies.
-Describe why these industries qualify as oligopolies and spot some of the firms that operate in the listed industries. 
-Discuss whether or not oligopolies are always bad for society, using examples from the firms you described?





According to the US census bureau, economic census (2002), the four firm concentration ratio of:
-Fluid milk (311511), has a concentration ratio of 42.6%.
-Womens and girls cut and sew dresses (315233), has a concentration ratio of 21.6%.
-Envelopes (322232), has a concentration ratio of 51.1%.
-Electronic computers (334111), has a concentration ratio of 75.5% 

According to the US census bureau, economic census (2002), Womens and girls cut and sew dresses (315233), which has a concentration ratio of 21.6%  has high competition because the 4 largest companies determine only a small portion of the market less(prenominal) than half. Hence they do not have that much bad influence on the market.
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