In a perfectly competitive market, there are many buyers and sellers, products are identical, and there is easy entry and exit. Prices are determined by supply and demand. In a non-perfectly competitive market, there may be barriers to entry, products are differentiated, and firms have some control over prices.
A monopolist is a single seller in the market with significant control over prices, while a perfectly competitive firm is one of many sellers with no control over prices. Monopolists can set prices higher and produce less, while perfectly competitive firms must accept market prices and produce more to compete.
In a perfectly competitive market, marginal revenue is equal to price.
In a perfectly competitive market, the price is equal to the marginal revenue.
so no individual can control the price
In a perfectly competitive market, there are many buyers and sellers, products are identical, and there is easy entry and exit. Prices are determined by supply and demand. In a non-perfectly competitive market, there may be barriers to entry, products are differentiated, and firms have some control over prices.
A monopolist is a single seller in the market with significant control over prices, while a perfectly competitive firm is one of many sellers with no control over prices. Monopolists can set prices higher and produce less, while perfectly competitive firms must accept market prices and produce more to compete.
In a perfectly competitive market, marginal revenue is equal to price.
In a perfectly competitive market, the price is equal to the marginal revenue.
so no individual can control the price
Yes, in a perfectly competitive market, marginal revenue equals price.
There is no such thing as a perfectly competitive market. It is merely a economic model to compare other market structures to. Cigarette market is more likely a oligopoly.
So no individual can control the price.
By Market Force
no
Perfectly competitive firms would not advertise as advertising would serve no purpose. A market that is perfectly competitive exists only in theory.
The idea of a perfectly competitive market is that no one business or entity is large enough to hold power over a market or product. Zero entry and exit barriers make this possible, because it means that the market is ever changing as businesses fail and new companies emerge.