In the Short Run,a Perfectly Competitive Firm

question 79

Multiple Choice

In the short run,a perfectly competitive firm

• A) can make only zero economic profit.
• B) can possibly make an economic profit or possibly incur an economic loss.
• C) produces the level of output that sets the average total cost equal to the market price.
• D) can vary all its inputs.
• E) can change only its fixed inputs.

Identify the characteristics and outcomes of purely competitive markets in long-run equilibrium.

Recognize the role of marginal cost, average total cost, and price in achieving productive and allocative efficiency.

Understand the significance of maximizing consumer surplus and producer surplus in economic welfare.

Distinguish between economic profit, normal profit, and loss scenarios for competitive firms.

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