When Individual Firms Are Small and the Number of Firms

question 27

Multiple Choice

When individual firms are small and the number of firms is large, this describes which degree of competition?

• A) Selective competition
• B) Monopolistic competition
• C) Monopoly
• D) Perfect competition
• E) Oligopoly

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