Lerner Index

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economic_policy
gptkbp:appliesTo industries
firms
gptkbp:category microeconomics
gptkbp:form (P - MC) / P
gptkbp:higher_value_indicates greater market power
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lerner Index
gptkbp:introducedIn 1934
gptkbp:lower_value_indicates less market power
gptkbp:MC marginal cost
gptkbp:measures market power
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Abba_Lerner
gptkbp:PP price of the good
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Review_of_Economic_Studies
gptkbp:range 0 to 1
gptkbp:relatedTo market structure
monopoly pricing
price-cost margin
gptkbp:usedIn industrial organization
gptkbp:value_0 perfect competition
gptkbp:value_1 monopoly
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abba_Lerner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6