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Perfect Competition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Price taker | A firm that has to accept the price ruling in the market |
| Homogenous | All products are the same irrespective of who makes them |
| Allocative efficiency | The optimum allocation of scarce resources that best accords with the consumers’ pattern of demand |
| Optimum output | The optimum allocation of scarce resources that best accords with the consumers’ pattern of demand |
| Static efficiency | Efficiency at a point in time – includes allocative and productive efficiency |
| Dynamic efficiency | Efficiency over time – new products, techniques and processes which increases economic growth |
| Structural performance and conduct model | Individual performance depends ultimately on the industry structure where the variables in the model are structure, conduct and performance |