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278Governments can subsidise a monopoly for them to increase output and meet consumer demands Governments can subsidise the production costs of the monopoly in turn vertically moving the marginal costs curve downwards allowing for the maximum output of a monopoly to edge closer to that of a competitive firm Subsidies large enough could allow for a monopoly to even reach the point where they are able to successfully meet the demand curve whilst not making losses Governments can also issue patents which in turn create minor or real market monopolies The firm to which the patent is issued then benefits from 20 successive years to profit from the protection of their business or business idea So too does the government benefit from issuing patents Previously when patents didn t exist people would avoid launching their ideas and businesses due to the fact that soon their idea would be stolen and copied which led to a complete lack of creativity in the market By introducing the safety for inventors businessmen entrepreneurs creativity is encouraged and is no longer a risk This further expands the potential growth of the market deeming it an incentive for the government as well