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.
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.