Perfect Competition Market

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In perfect competition, the marginal revenue of an individual firm

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equals the price of the product

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The demand curve in a purely competitive industry is ______, while the demand curve to a single firm in that industry is ______

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downsloping, perfectly elastic

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A firm will expand the amount of output it produces as long as its

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marginal revenue exceeds its marginal cost

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In the above figure, if the price is P1, the firm will produce: nothing, where MC equals P1, where MC equals ATC, where ATC equals P1.

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where MC equals P1

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In the figure, if the firm increases its output from Q2 to Q3, it will

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decrease its profit

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The short-run supply curve for a perfectly competitive firm is its marginal cost curve above the minimum point on the...

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average variable cost curve

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Average fixed cost at 4 units of output

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$1.00

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In the table, the average variable cost at 2 units of output is

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$2.00

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A perfectly elastic demand curve implies that the firm

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can sell as much output as it chooses at the existing price

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A competitive firm in the short run can determine the profit-maximizing (or loss-minimizing) output by equating

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marginal revenue and marginal cost