0
What factors leads to zero profits for firms in the long run in a perfectly competitive market?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
A perfectly competitive market is a market that is classified by many firms, with homogeneous products, since there are so many firms and consumers (buyers and sellers) each is a price-taker, meaning they have no control over what the price is.
firms as a result set price to the marginal cost, which is the marginal revenue which is also the wage.. If there are profits in the short run due to differences in capital, (in the short run, capital stock is fixed), ability of firms to produce at different quantities is apparent. However over the long run, firms are able to make all costs variable, meaning they can change their capital and labor stock in order to become more efficient. These changes result in higher efficiency, and an eventual drop in price where p=mr. There are no profits in long run.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What could not prevent a market from becoming perfectly competitive?
Trade embargos and corruption are factors that could prevent a given market from becoming competitive. These factors usually lead to uneven playing ground as far as the competitiveness of a given market is concerned.
Is cigarette market a perfectly competitive market?
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.
How are prices set in a perfectly competitive market?
By Market Force
Is the used car market perfectly competitive?
no
What are the example of short period local perfectly competitive market?
poultry market rice market
What could not prevent a market from becoming perfectly competitive?
Trade embargos and corruption are factors that could prevent a given market from becoming competitive. These factors usually lead to uneven playing ground as far as the competitiveness of a given market is concerned.
Is cigarette market a perfectly competitive market?
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.
How are prices set in a perfectly competitive market?
By Market Force
Is the used car market perfectly competitive?
no
Do perfectly competitive firms advertise?
Perfectly competitive firms would not advertise as advertising would serve no purpose. A market that is perfectly competitive exists only in theory.
What are the example of short period local perfectly competitive market?
poultry market rice market
Explain why a monopolist must lower its quantity relative to a competitive market to maximize its profits?
A monopolist must lower its quantity relative to a competitive market to maximize its profits because the monopolist already controls and owns the largest share of the market.
Is stock exchange an example of perfectly competitive market?
Yes
What are the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market and a monopoly market?
characteristics of perfectly competitive market includes 1.Homogeneous products i.e identical in shape,size,taste,color,e.t.c 2.perfect knowledge to both consumers and producers 3.no transport costs incurred 4.perfect mobility of factors of production 5.common prices for identical goods in the market. 6.
In a perfectly competitive market an increase in demand will in the long run generally cause?
An increase in demand in a perfectly competitive market will lead to an increase in revenue for the business. The more they sell the more they will make.
Why a monopolist must lower its quantity relative to a competitive market to maximize its profits?
A monopolist has to lower its quantity relative to the competitive market to maximize profits because the monopolist is already in control of the biggest part of the market. This means that because they're already in control, to keep the market competitive they need to release the same amount of product as their competition.
Does a perfectly competitive market demonstrate the need for subsidies and price ceilings?
no
