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Aspects of Perfect CompetitionA2 Microeconomics - Tutor2u
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Assumptions of a Perfectly Competitive Market
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Each firm too small to affect price via a change in supply
Homogeneous products that are perfect substitutes for each other
Consumers have complete information about prices
Transactions between buyers and sellers are costless
All industry participants and new entrants have equal access to resources
No barriers to entry & exit of firms in the long run
A price taker
How close are these markets to perfect competition?
Many firmsTransactions ‘costless’
Products not homogenous (different
odds)
Many firms‘Homogenous’ product
Some barriers to setting up stall
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Perfect Competition
Price, Cost
Output
Price, Cost
Output
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Perfect Competition: The Market and Individual Firms
Price, Cost
Output
Price, Cost
Output
Market Supply and Demand
Revenues, Costs and Profits for a Competitive Firm
MD
MS
AC
MC
P P = AR = MR
Q Q
Abnormal profits
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Long Run Equilibrium under Perfect Competition
Price, Cost
Output
Price, Cost
Output
Market Supply and Demand
Revenues, Costs and Profits for a Competitive Firm
D
S
AC
MC
P1= AR1 = MR1
S1
P1
Q1 Q1
Normal profits
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Does Perfect Competition lead to economic efficiency?
Cost & Price
Output (Q)
Perfectly Competitive Market
S1
D1
P1
P2
Entry of new firms
drives market
price lower
MC
AC
S2
Allocative Efficiency
The value consumers place on a good or service equals the cost of the resources used up in production
Productive Efficiency
When the output is produced at minimum average total cost
Dynamic Efficiency
The productive efficiency of a firm over a period of time.18
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Does Perfect Competition lead to economic efficiency?
Cost & Price
Output (Q)
Perfectly Competitive Market
S1
D1
P1
P2
Entry of new firms
drives market
price lower
MC
AC
S2
Allocative Efficiency
In the long and short run price is equal to MC – therefore allocatively efficient
Productive Efficiency
In the long run, price is at lowest possible AC, therefore productively efficient
Dynamic Efficiency
Without drive to innovate products, the dynamic efficiency in competitive markets is low.18
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