Definition of Oligopolistic

1. Adjective. Having the character of, or dominated by, an oligopoly ¹

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Definition of Oligopolistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligopolistic

oligopeptide 20
oligopeptide permease
oligopeptides
oligopetalous
oligophagies
oligophagous
oligophagy
oligophenylene
oligophenylenes
oligophosphoglyceroyl-ATP 3'-phosphodiesterase
oligophrenia
oligoplastic
oligopnea
oligopolies
oligopolist
oligopolistic (current term)
oligopolists
oligopolize
oligopoly
oligopolymer
oligopolymers
oligopotency
oligopotent
oligopsonies
oligopsonistic
oligopsony
oligoptyalism
oligoria
oligoribonuclease
oligoribonucleotide

Literary usage of Oligopolistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Role of the Competition Agency in Regulatory Reform by Japan Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai (1997)
"A given sector, due to its oligopolistic nature. may not be able to adapt ... This is a highly oligopolistic sector. Slight deregulation took place on fares ..."

2. Electricity Reform: Power Generation Costs and Investment by John Paffenbarger, Gudrun Lammers, International Energy Agency, Carlos Ocaña (1999)
"This "oligopolistic" market structure generally has the effect of maintaining prices at a relatively high level, which allows firms to earn above-market ..."

3. Innovation And Growth in Tourism by OECD. (2006)
"with a dual structure, in which competition can be either monopolistic or oligopolistic (Figure 2.4). The uniqueness of destinations in tourism, ..."

4. European Community Competition Policy (1999): 29th Report on Competition Policy (2000)
"1999 also saw significant developments in relation to oligopolistic dominance issues. Not only did the judgment of the Court of First Instance confirm the ..."

5. Managed Care: Advances in Financing edited by Linda F. Wolf (1998)
"That analysis was based on a profit-maximizing model of HMO behavior, with HMOs assumed to offer heterogeneous products in local, oligopolistic markets. ..."

6. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"Apart from stifling local enterprise, by reducing the producer prices via their oligopolistic power and repatriating profit, they are bound to play a ..."

7. Globalisation and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). by Chris Hall, Marie-Florence Estimé, Anna Creti (1997)
"... in other investing countries: FD1 has grown in the high-tech and oligopolistic sectors, and also in industries with important market-making activities. ..."

8. The Role of the Competition Agency in Regulatory Reform by Japan Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai (1997)
"A given sector, due to its oligopolistic nature. may not be able to adapt ... This is a highly oligopolistic sector. Slight deregulation took place on fares ..."

9. Electricity Reform: Power Generation Costs and Investment by John Paffenbarger, Gudrun Lammers, International Energy Agency, Carlos Ocaña (1999)
"This "oligopolistic" market structure generally has the effect of maintaining prices at a relatively high level, which allows firms to earn above-market ..."

10. Innovation And Growth in Tourism by OECD. (2006)
"with a dual structure, in which competition can be either monopolistic or oligopolistic (Figure 2.4). The uniqueness of destinations in tourism, ..."

11. European Community Competition Policy (1999): 29th Report on Competition Policy (2000)
"1999 also saw significant developments in relation to oligopolistic dominance issues. Not only did the judgment of the Court of First Instance confirm the ..."

12. Managed Care: Advances in Financing edited by Linda F. Wolf (1998)
"That analysis was based on a profit-maximizing model of HMO behavior, with HMOs assumed to offer heterogeneous products in local, oligopolistic markets. ..."

13. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"Apart from stifling local enterprise, by reducing the producer prices via their oligopolistic power and repatriating profit, they are bound to play a ..."

14. Globalisation and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). by Chris Hall, Marie-Florence Estimé, Anna Creti (1997)
"... in other investing countries: FD1 has grown in the high-tech and oligopolistic sectors, and also in industries with important market-making activities. ..."

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