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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > economics > industrial organization and market structure > market structure
Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > economics > industrial organization and market structure > market structure
Preferred Term:

market structure

Definition:
Characteristics of an industry that relate to its economic performance, such as the number of buyers and sellers, product differentiation among firms, barriers to entry, costs, degree of integration and diversification.
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Broader Concept:
industrial organization and market structure
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47210
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