It is the risk that a principal who hires or employs an agent to perform a task may find that the task is done poorly

It is least likely to arise in cases where there is asymmetric information

It may be reduced in the case of a company if its directors are given bonuses that relate to the company’s profits

It may be reduced in the case of a company if its directors fear their company may be subject to competition for corporate control

There are many firms in both perfect competition and monopolistic competition

Costs must be kept as low as possible in both monopolistic competition and monopoly

There may be homogeneous products in both perfect competition and oligopoly

There are barriers to entry in both oligopoly and monopoly

They help to make a market contestable

They may include a fear of sunk costs

They may include a lack of know-how

They may include the well-known brand names of existing firms

A perfect competitor has no influence over the price of its product

A monopolistic competitor may engage in non-price competition

An oligopolist may monitor the prices and products of all the other firms in its market

A monopolist must be a large firm.

The depreciation on the bus

The wage of the job you gave up

The fuel you buy for the bus

The interest you earned on your savings before you used them to buy the bus