UDC 339.524
DOI: 10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2024.03.04.002

Authors

Viktor K. Shadrin,
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education „Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University“
Veronika V. Bespalova,
Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Albina B. Tokaevа,
North-Ossetian state University named after K. L. Khetagurov, Vladikavkaz, Russia
Margarita A. Bolatova,
Gorsky State Agrarian University, Vladikavkaz, Russia

Abstract

This article examines the essence of monopoly, identifies its main causes of emergence, considers the classification of each kind and type of monopoly, and gives a comparative characterization of the main advantages and disadvantages of the object of our study. In addition, we considered the specific features of monopoly, which distinguish it from other types of competition. Undoubtedly, the chosen topic of our study is very relevant and at the present stage of development of society and economic system, because each of us in the process of life, perhaps without even realizing it, faces monopoly, being, first of all, a consumer of electricity, water, gas, etc.

Keywords

monopoly, competition, types and kinds of monopoly, market, cartel, syndicate, trust, concern, consortium.