One wheat grower faces a rise in costs while many other growers sell an almost identical product at the existing market price. What is most likely?
Every rival must accept the grower's preferred higher price
The grower gains monopoly power because its own costs increased
The grower's profit is squeezed because raising price risks losing buyers to rivals
The market becomes non-competitive without any firm entering or leaving
149 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.5 Competitive and concentrated markets, covering 1.5.1a The range of market structures, 1.5.1b Distinguishing between market structures, 1.5.2a Characteristics of a competitive market, 1.5.2b How producers operate in competitive markets, 1.5.2c The economic impact of competition, 1.5.3a Characteristics of a non-competitive market, 1.5.3b How producers operate in non-competitive markets, 1.5.3c Monopoly and oligopoly, 1.5.4a The labour market and wage determination, and 1.5.4b Gross and net pay. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.