As input for a presentation that you are jointly authoring, one of your marketing analysts submitted the following summary of the characteristics of the four different types of market structures companies compete in:  Competitive Structure                               Number of Competitors                         Market Barriers to Entry  Monopolistic Competition                         Unlimited                                                        No Barriers  Monopoly                                                        

 Few                                                                    Some Barriers  Pure Competition                                           Many                                                                 Few Barriers  Oligopoly                                                           One                                                                    Many Barriers With respect to the classifications of number of competitors and barriers to entry, which one of the following statements is correct?

A. The monopolistic competition structure is properly classified.
B. The monopoly and oligopoly structures' classifications should be reversed.
C. The monopoly structure is properly classified.
D. The oligopoly structure is properly classified.
E. The pure competition and oligopoly structures are properly classified.


Answer: B

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