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Gilligan's Island has three large supermarkets that supply most of the groceries for the island's population. A gas station also sells a very small selection of groceries. How would an economist describe the market for groceries on Gilligan's Island?

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Answer: Oligopoly

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Oligopoly could be described as when a market structure has few firms where none of them have a greater influence than the other. This is having more than two firms having large influence and are not affected by the others presence.

Gilligan's Island having three large supermarkets that supply most of the groceries for the island's population refers to an Oligopoly, as the three firms all do well and are not influenced by the other.

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