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Perfect Competition
Question | Answer |
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What is an industry? | The set of all firms in a market place selling the same product or service |
Name four market forms | Perfect, imperfect, oligopoly, monopoly |
Name 8 assumptions of perfect competition | There are many buyers. Many Sellers. Homogenous goods. No barriers to entry. Perfect knowledge of prices & profits. Each firm seeks to maximise profits. No collusion occurs. Firms face a perfectly elastic supply of factors of production. |
Give 4 reasons firms in perfect competition don't engage in advertising? | Goods are homogenous. Increased cost & no additional revenue. Benefits entire industry. Perfectly elastic demand. |
Is SNP earned in the short run in perfect competition? | Yes |
Define supernormal profit | Any profit in addition to the normal profit an entrepreneur must earn to stay in business |
Is SNP earned in the long run in perfect competition? | No |
Name 4 benefits of perfect competition | Firm makes efficient use of resources. Minimum prices are charged. No advertising costs. Efficiency is encouraged |
Give 4 disadvantages of perfect competition | No economies of scale. No product differentiation. No research and development. No incentive to develop technology. |