Barriers to entry
What Barriers to entry means in Economics B A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Factors that deter potential competitors, such as large incumbent firms producing at a lower average cost than new, smaller entrants.
Obstacles that range from none in perfect competition to low in imperfect competition and high in oligopoly and monopoly.
Topics that use Barriers to entry
- Barriers to entry (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Spectrum of competition (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Competitive advantage
- Economies of scale
- Market structure
- Monopoly power
- Non-price competition
- Perfectly contestable market
- Product differentiation
- Contestability
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