A Perfectly Elastic, Long-Run Market Supply Curve Is Most Likely

question 65

Multiple Choice

A perfectly elastic, long-run market supply curve is most likely to be achieved in

• A) a price-taker industry.
• B) a constant cost industry.
• C) an increasing cost industry.
• D) a price searcher industry.

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Definitions:

Long-run Equilibrium Conditions

A state in an economic model where all factors of production and markets adjust, resulting in no excess supply or demand.

Price-taker

A seller or buyer that has no control to dictate prices in the market, typically because of the highly competitive and uniform nature of the product.

Competitive Price-searcher Markets

Markets where firms have some control over prices due to product differentiation, but must search for the best price to attract customers.

Price Searchers

Firms that have the ability to influence the price of the goods or services they sell by varying their output or product characteristics.