For help on this question here is quick overview on the four market structures (from Quickonomics):
There are four basic types of market structures: perfect competition, imperfect competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Perfect competition describes a market structure, where a large number of small firms compete against each other with homogenous products. Meanwhile, monopolistic competition refers to a market structure, where a large number of small firms compete against each other with differentiated products. An Oligopoly describes a market structure where a small number of firms compete against each other. And last but not least, a monopoly refers to a market structure where a single firm controls the entire market.
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Here is how to start on this in the library:
1. Use the library “everything” tab to start your search:
2. Type your keywords into the search box. Examples:
"market structure*" AND (price OR pricing) strategies AND studies
(oligopoly OR monopol* OR perfect competition) AND pric* strateg* AND "case stud*"
And while this looks to be a complicated search, here is a helpful FAQ to explain the use of parentheses & Boolean: AND/OR/NOT :
How can I use multiple Boolean operators?
The asterisk * (or wildcard) simply tell the database to look for variations at the end of those root words (so, it will find spelling or word variations).
3. As you browse the results, you'll find filters on the left side of the page that will let you narrow your results by source type (books or articles, etc.), publication date and more. You can add (or delete, or swap out) keywords in the search box at the top of the page, to broaden or narrow your results.