The four statements below each describe a different market, highlighting one feature of that market. Read the statements and select those markets which, based on the feature described, must be imperfectly competitive. Select one or more answers: Select one or more: O Firms can sell as much output as they wish at the market price O Firms can innovate new production processes O Firms can make supernormal profit in the long run Firms can increase profits by cutting their price

The four statements below each describe a different market, highlighting one feature of that market. Read the statements and select those markets which, based on the feature described, must be imperfectly competitive. Select one or more answers: Select one or more: O Firms can sell as much output as they wish at the market price O Firms can innovate new production processes O Firms can make supernormal profit in the long run Firms can increase profits by cutting their price

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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