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The four types of market stuctures - ANSWER-1. Perfect
Competition
and within the area of Imperfect Competition
2. Monopoly
3. Monopolistic Competition
4. Oligarchy
In a perfectly competitive industry many firms sell... -
ANSWER-one homogeneous product. Because there are
few barriers in this type of industry, firms enter and exit
, easily , and since industry supply and demand determine
what price will prevail, firms are price takers.
Some characteristics of a perfect competitive industry are:
- ANSWER-a) perfect competitors will not achieve long-run
profits. They may experience profits(or loss) in the short-
run, but the industry adjusts because its so easy to enter
and exit.
b) price will always equal marginal revenue, and the
average revenue. In the long-run, the MR curve will
interest the MC curve at the minimum of the ATC curve.
Consequently, when ATC equals MR there are no
economic profits. When ATC is at its minimum, there's
productive efficiency. When Price=MC there's allocative
efficiency.