The Amount of Output That a Firm Decides to Sell

question 2

Multiple Choice

The amount of output that a firm decides to sell has no effect on the market price in a competitive industry because:

• A) the market price is determined (through regulation) by the government.
• B) the firm supplies a different good than its rivals.
• C) the firm's output is a small fraction of the entire industry's output.
• D) the short run market price is determined solely by the firm's technology.
• E) the demand curve for the industry's output is downward sloping.