One has to specify the market environment in which a firm functions. Identify the features of a perfectly competitive market:
(A) The market consists of a large number of buyers and sellers
(B) Each firm produces and sells a heterogeneous product.
(C) Entry into the market as well as exit from the market are free for firms.
(D) Perfect Information.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
One has to specify the market environment in which a firm functions. Identify the features of a perfectly competitive market:
(A) The market consists of a large number of buyers and sellers
(B) Each firm produces and sells a heterogeneous product.
(C) Entry into the market as well as exit from the market are free for firms.
(D) Perfect Information.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
A perfectly competitive market has a large number of buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, perfect information, and a homogeneous (identical) product. Statement (B) is wrong because firms sell a homogeneous, not heterogeneous, product. Hence (A), (C) and (D) only.
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