Answer:
d
Explanation:
A perfect competition is characterized by many buyers and sellers of homogenous goods and services. Market prices are set by the forces of demand and supply. There are no barriers to entry or exit of firms into the industry.
In the long run, firms earn zero economic profit. If in the short run firms are earning economic profit, in the long run firms would enter into the industry. This would drive economic profit to zero.
Also, if in the short run, firms are earning economic loss, in the long run, firms would exit the industry until economic profit falls to zero.
Perfectly competitive market consists of a large number of firms, and each firm is small relative to the entire market. This makes firms unable to set the prices for their goods.
It is the monopoly and oligopoly market structure that is characterised by high entry and exit into the market
Answer: Option E
Explanation: In a free market system the prices of goods and services produced are determined by the market forces of demand and supply. This are also known as open market.
The intervention of govt. in regulating such markets is very minimal. Thus, the control in such markets stands in hands of private owners. Therefore, the private owners produce with the single aim of profit maximization in such economies.
Hence we can conclude that the right option is E.
In a pure market economy, the "What to produce?" question is ultimately answered by : consumer sovereignty.
Explanation:
Market autonomy is a two-way economic concept. Market autonomy in production applies to what finished products should be produced from these materials to the control power of the customers over those with scarce resources.
For example, the highest levels of consumer autonomy occur of consumers on the free market. The customer can buy any product in any quantity he wants. But the state or central government decides what to manufacture in a command economy.
