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Economists develop and apply models of market competition (pure competition, pure monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly) to describe the conditions that impact price and output decisions made by managers of organizations. Real world markets can be described as existing along a continuum and exhibiting elements of competition and monopoly. Explain what is meant by that statement. In your response, identify some measures and characteristics that economists use to describe different market structures (i.e. how do economists distinguish between market structures?).