A Firm Operating in a Perfectly Competitive Industry Will Continue

question 184

True/False

A firm operating in a perfectly competitive industry will continue to operate if it earns zero economic profits because it is likely to be earning positive accounting profits.

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Definitions:

Binding Price Ceiling

A limit imposed by the government on how high a price can be charged for a good or service, which is set below the equilibrium price, causing a shortage.

Tax Revenue

Government income obtained from taxation.

Payroll Tax

Duties levied on employees or the companies that employ them, computed as a percentage of the remuneration the employees are given.

Wages

The fixed regular payment, typically calculated on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to manual or unskilled workers.