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A market is a social arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to discover information and carry out a voluntary exchange of goods or services. It is one of the two key institutions that organize trade, along with the Property (ownership right).In everyday usage, the word "market" may refer to the location where goods are traded, sometimes known as a marketplace, or to a street market.

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The function of a market requires, at a minimum, that both parties expect to become better off as a result of the transaction. Markets generally rely on price adjustments to provide information to parties engaging in a transaction, so that each may accurately gauge the subsequent change of their welfare economics. In less sophisticated markets, such as those involving barter, individual buyers and sellers must engage in a more lengthy process of haggling in order to gain the same information. Markets are efficiency (economics) when the price of a good or service attracts exactly as much demand as the market can currently supply. The chief function of a market, then, is to adjust prices to accommodate fluctuations in supply and demand in order to achieve allocative efficiency.An economic system in which goods and services are exchanged by market functions is called a market economy. An alternative economic system in which non-market forces (often government mandates) determine prices are called planned economies or command economy. The attempt to combine socialism ideals with the incentive system of a market is known as market socialism.

Types of markets s in industrialized countries, such as this one in Netherlands, the seller periodically changes prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions, rather than negotiating the price of each good with each buyer.

Although many markets exist in the traditional sense--such as a flea market--there are various other types of markets and various organizational structures to assist their functions.

A market can be organized as an auction, as a shopping center, as a complex institution such as a stock market, and as an informal discussion between two individuals.

In economics, a market that runs under laissez-faire policies is a free market. It is "free" in the sense that the government makes no attempt to intervene through taxes, subsidy, minimum wages, price ceilings, etc. Market prices may be distorted by a seller or sellers with monopoly power, or a buyer with monopsony power. Such price distortions can have an adverse effect on market participant's welfare and reduce the efficiency of market outcomes. Also, the level of organization or negotiation power of buyers, markedly affects the functioning of the market. Markets where price negotiations do not arrive at efficient outcomes for both sides are said to experience market failure.

Most markets are regulated by state wide laws and regulations.While barter markets exist, most markets use currency or some other form of money.

Markets of varying types can spontaneously arise whenever a party has interest in a good or service that some other party can provide. Hence there can be a market for cigarettes in correctional facilities, another for chewing gum in a playground, and yet another for contracts for the future delivery of a commodity. There can be black markets, where a good is exchanged illegally and virtual markets, such as eBay, in which buyers and sellers do not physically interact. There can also be markets for goods under a command economy despite pressure to repress them.

See also

Farmers' market
Financial market
Grocery store
Stock market
Media market
Marketplace
Street market
Market square
Market town
Market customization
Market microstructure

References Sources

Microeconomics by Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel L. Rubinfeld

External links

Qualitionary - Legal Definitions - Market
The EU's Market Access Strategy in a Changing Global Economy

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