A Competitive Price-Taker Firm Would Be Willing to Remain in the Industry

question 148

Multiple Choice

A competitive price-taker firm would be willing to remain in the industry in the long run at zero economic profit because

• A) it would find it too difficult to exit from the industry in the long run.
• B) accounting profit would be negative.
• C) it is covering all costs, including the opportunity cost of capital and labor.
• D) its sunk costs would prevent it from leaving the industry.

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Definitions:

Product L3

Denotes another distinct product or model within a company's merchandise or production lineup, serving as a specific reference to differentiate it from other items.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to related products and services based on the amount of activities they use.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that identifies the activities that a firm performs and then assigns indirect costs to products based on the benefit received from those activities.

Activity-Based Costing

A method of cost accounting that identifies activities in an organization and assigns the cost of each activity to all products and services according to the actual consumption by each.