Perfect competition- Is it possible? To claim that something is "perfect" is to say that it cannot be done better. In business and economy it is very common to think that the best possible allocation of society’s resources occurs when "perfect competition" characterizes the organization of industry. It is a well worked out theory that has been around for over a century. The concept of competition is used in two ways in economics: competition as a process is a rivalry among firms; competition
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PERFECT COMPETION Competition in the market can be either perfect or imperfect. The classical economists assumed the existence of perfect competition‚ and all their analysis is based on this assumption. It has been pointed out that the real world is full of imperfect competition. Perfect competition or Competitive market is a market with many buyers and sellers trading identical products so that each buyer and seller is a price taker. Competitive market is characterized with: 1. There are large
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Pure Competition ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 21-1 Briefly state the basic characteristics of pure competition‚ pure monopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ and oligopoly. Under which of these market classifications does each of the following most accurately fit? (a) a supermarket in your hometown; (b) the steel industry; (c) a Kansas wheat farm; (d) the commercial bank in which you or your family has an account; (e) the automobile industry. In each case justify your classification. Pure competition:
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CHAPTER Perfect Competition 11 After studying this chapter you will be able to ! Define perfect competition ! Explain how firms make their supply decisions and why they sometimes shut down temporarily and lay off workers ! Explain how price and output in an industry are determined and why firms enter and leave the industry ! Predict the effects of a change in demand and of a technological advance ! Explain why perfect competition is efficient The Busy Bee The busy
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1a) Perfect competition describes a market structure whose assumptions are extremely strong and highly unlikely to exist in most real-time and real-world markets. In perfect competition‚ there are a large number of firms in the industry. The firms in this industry are price takers as they sell at whatever price is set by demand and supply in the industry as a whole. All the firms produce homogeneous products which are exactly identical; it is impossible to distinguish between a good produced in one
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points Question 3 Because a monopolist does not face competition from other firms‚ the outcome in a market with a monopoly Answer a. is often not in the best interest of society. b. is characterized by unlimited profits. c. does not illustrate profit maximization. d. would be improved if the government produced the product rather than a private firm. .2 points Question 4 Microsoft faces very little competition from other firms for its Windows software. Why isn’t the
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marketplace. This means that we have competition in the market‚ which allows price to change in response to changes in supply and demand. Furthermore‚ for almost every product there are substitutes‚ so if one product becomes too expensive‚ a buyer can choose a cheaper substitute instead. In a market with many buyers and sellers‚ both the consumer and the supplier have equal ability to influence price. In some industries‚ there are no substitutes and there is no competition. In a market that has only one
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theory of perfect competition 3 Section 2: The theory of monopoly 9 Section 3: The theory of monopolistic competition and oligopoly 13 Section 4: Resource allocation/externalities 19 Section 5: Suggested solutions 23 INTRODUCTION There are basically two types of market situation: (a) Perfect competition – in this market‚ firms have no influence; they are price takers. (b) Imperfect competition – this market includes monopoly‚ oligopoly and monopolistic competition; firms are
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homogeneous‚ hence substitutable for one another. Also called perfect market or pure competition. The single firm takes its price from the industry‚ and is‚ consequently‚ referred to as a price taker. The industry is composed of all firms in the industry and the market price is where market demand is equal to market supply. Each single firm must charge this price and cannot diverge from it. In the short run Under perfect competition‚ firms can make super-normal profits or losses. In the long
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Should we aim for perfect competition? A perfect competition is characterized by many buyers and sellers interacting in such a way as to produce the highest possible quantity at the lowest price. If one of them produces more or less goods it has no effect on the market supply. This is because the buyers are prone to change from one supplier to the other as the products are homogeneous. Similarly‚ no individual firm exerts enough market power to influence the market price or else the demand for
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