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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Perfect competition: For a market to be perfectly competitive‚ one of the main criteria is that all firms (and consumers) are price takers. The following conditions are also necessary: 1. There must be many buyers and sellers in the market for an identical product. 2. Firms’ products are identical. 3. Buyers and sellers must be fully informed about prices‚ products‚ and technology. 4. There are no barriers to entry (or exit). 5. Selling firms are profit-maximizing entrepreneurial
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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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Answer: The theoretical free-market situation in which the following conditions are met: (1) buyers and sellers are too numerous and too small to have any degree of individual control over prices‚ (2) all buyers and sellers seek to maximize their profit (income)‚ (3) buyers and seller can freely enter or leave the market‚ (4) all buyers and sellers have access to information regarding availability‚ prices‚ and quality of goods being traded‚ and (5) all goods of a particular nature are homogeneous
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ITIONPerfect Competition Perfect competition is a market structure with large number of buyers and sellers. There are no barriers to entry into the industry. Firms sell identical products that are perfect substitutes each other. In addition‚ they are well informed about prices and no have government intervention. Transport cost is negligible hence do not affect pricing. Price determined by the market must be accepted by the buyers and sellers. They are said to be price takers. Therefore
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Which of the following is the best example of a normative economic statement? Select one: a. The unemployment rate for women has been two times lower the overall rate. b. Increase in competition in the car manufacturing industry will result in price reduction for cars. c. Monopoly makes a decision based on market prices. d. A stronger regulation should be applied to polluting companies. Feedback The correct answer is: A stronger regulation should be applied to polluting companies.. Question 2
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Chapter 8 Sample Multiple Choice Questions 1. In a competitive market‚ no single producer can influence the market price because a. many other sellers are offering a product that is essentially identical. b. consumers have more influence over the market price than producers do. c. government intervention prevents firms from influencing price. d. producers agree not to change the price. Suppose a firm in a competitive market received $1‚000 in total revenue and had a marginal revenue of $10 for the
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is the difference between monopoly and perfect competition? Firm under perfect competition and the firm under monopoly are similar as the aim of both the seller is to maximize profit and to minimize loss. The equilibrium position followed by both the monopoly and perfect competition is MR = MC. Despite their similarities‚ these two forms of market organization differ from each other in respect of price-cost-output. There are many points of difference which are noted below. (1)Perfect competition
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Progressivism Between 1870 and 1920 a population shift occurred from rural to urban. Early immigrants and new immigrants differed greatly in many areas. Urbanization lead to changes in technology such as transportation‚ water power‚ steam power‚ and machinery. Though city dwellers received technology first‚ this technology allowed for people to live outside the city and still work there. The industry was dominated by large companies‚ who supplied work. America had several problems during the urbanization
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Two unique individuals can come together‚ and fall in love. However‚ due to their total differences of their cultures‚ their love for one another cannot develop as both of their cultures can come together briefly but cannot mix. This is evident throughout the film Witness‚ directed by Peter Weir as the audience can see the awkwardness of the relationships between not only John Book and Rachel Lapp‚ but also between the mainstream society and the Amish. The core themes of this film are the clash of the
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