Negative Effects Of Monopolies

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For my research paper, I want to find out more about the history of monopolies, why they were created and what effects they have had on consumers. A monopoly is defined as “an absence of competition, which often results in high prices and inferior products.” How monopolies affect the market will be essential in my research paper. I want to focus on the monopolies in airlines, how larger companies such as US Airways, Delta, and United Airlines buy up smaller companies and raise the prices to benefit themselves which result in their controlling and hurting large portions of the market. I also want to research the power of monopolies and the pros and cons of having them. The reason I want to research this topic is because I want to have a better understanding of monopolies, especially in airlines. I have a limited understanding of monopolies and researching these companies should give me more insight and may take away some of my preconceived notions that monopolies have only substantial negative effects. The paper addresses the issues of hub location problems using the industrial organization framework method. A hub is an airport or city where a carrier has their major facilities and operations are being housed. A study by Akio Kawasaki, a student at M.I.T, shows that if the number of rim passengers increases the monopoly airlines will …show more content…

The book advocates that monopolies do not threaten other businesses. Instead, it forces them to be more creative and come up with new and better solutions which improves the product and marketing techniques. It creates more jobs and contributes to maximizing the human welfare over time. The book also shows that this is most effective over a long time and creates better business, we can see it in the car market, they all strive to become better and have the best solutions, the same with technology, for example, Windows versus

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