Economics: Principles & Policy
Economics: Principles & Policy
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781337696326
Author: William J. Baumol; Alan S. Blinder; John L. Solow
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 1DQ
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Output determination under perfect competition.

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A perfectly competitive firm can sell as much as it desires at the current market price. The profit maximizing output of a firm is fixed at the point where, MC = MR. The marginal revenue of a perfectly competitive firm is constant at each units of output while, the marginal costs increases as production increases. Therefore, the expansion of sale after when, the MC and MR (price) are equal would make loss.

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