A Price-Taker Firm Will Not Sell Any of Its Product

question 65

Multiple Choice

A price-taker firm will not sell any of its product for less than the equilibrium price because

• A) it is against the law to do this.
• B) it can sell all it wants at the equilibrium price.
• C) this would invite competition from outside the market and end up reducing the profits of the firm.
• D) this would be breaking the cartel agreement that price-taker firms often enter into.
• E) none of the above

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