• 2021-04-14
    The perfectly competitive firm faces a demand curve that is ________ and ________:
  • perfectly elastic; horizontal

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      If a firm in a perfectly competitive market tries to raise its price above the going market price, then:

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      In both perfect competition and monopolistic competition, each firm A: sells identical products. B: faces a downward-sloping demand curve its product. C: has no monopoly power. D: can enter or exit the market freely.

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      Which of the following statements is correct? A: The value of the marginal product curve is the labor demand curve for competitive, profit-maximizing firms. B: A competitive, profit-maximizing firm hires workers up to the point where the value of the marginal product of labor equals the wage. C: By hiring labor up to the point where the value of the marginal product of labor equals the wage, the firm is producing where price equals marginal cost. D: All of the choices are correct.

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      Refer to Figure 9.6. At a market price of $20, this perfectly competitive profit maximizing firm should produce approximately ________ units.572c6d5de4b0809f2415b2ef.png

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      中国大学MOOC: A firm operating in a perfectly competitive industry will continue to operate in the short run but earn losses if the market price is less than that firm’s average variable cost but greater than the firm’s average fixed cost.