Pricing and Market Structures in Transportation Quiz

Charging a fixed rate regardless of distance or quantity of goods transported.

Variable costs fluctuate with the quantity of goods transported; fuel expenses are a common variable cost.

Weather conditions usually do not directly impact transportation pricing decisions.

Perfect competition is characterized by easy entry and exit with no significant barriers.

Setting different prices for the same product or service based on customer characteristics.

Trucking services often involve a large number of firms with identical products, leading to perfect competition.

Monopolistic competition involves a limited number of firms offering varied products.

The airline industry is dominated by a small number of large firms, leading to an oligopolistic market structure.

Entering the market with a low price to capture market share and attract customers.

A monopoly occurs when one firm has exclusive control over the supply of a product.

Adjusting prices in real-time based on customer demand and willingness to pay.

Oligopoly involves a small number of dominant firms, while monopolistic competition has a larger number of competing firms.

Competing through factors other than price, such as product differentiation or marketing.

Cartels aim to maintain stable prices by coordinating among member firms.

Perfectly competitive markets involve firms offering identical products with no differentiation.