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Record 1 2003-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Structure (Trade)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
DEF

A situation where the production of a commodity is in the hands of a relatively few companies and consequently controls the market price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie des marchés (Commerce)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
DEF

Marché dans lequel il n'y a qu'un petit nombre de vendeurs en face d'une multitude d'acheteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructura del mercado (Comercio)
  • Leyes del mercado (Economía)
DEF

Tipo de mercado en el cual existe un grado relativamente alto de concentración en forma relativa: esto es, un pequeño número de empresas controla una proporción grande de la producción, el empleo, etc.

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