Economics miscellaneous


Economics miscellaneous

  1. Perfect competition means









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    The fundamental condition of perfect competition is that there must be a large number of sellers or firms. Homogeneous Commodity is the second fundamental condition of a perfect market.

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    The fundamental condition of perfect competition is that there must be a large number of sellers or firms. Homogeneous Commodity is the second fundamental condition of a perfect market.


  1. Economic rent does not arise when the supply of a factor unit is









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    Economic rent in the sense of surplus over transfer earnings arise when the supply of the factor units is less than perfectly elastic or not perfectly elastic. When the supply of factor units is perfectly elastic, there is no surplus or economic rent and the actual earnings and transfer earnings are equal. In such a scenario, at a given price or remuneration, the entrepreneur can engage any number of factor units.

    Correct Option: B

    Economic rent in the sense of surplus over transfer earnings arise when the supply of the factor units is less than perfectly elastic or not perfectly elastic. When the supply of factor units is perfectly elastic, there is no surplus or economic rent and the actual earnings and transfer earnings are equal. In such a scenario, at a given price or remuneration, the entrepreneur can engage any number of factor units.



  1. Total fixed cost curve is









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    The Total Fixed Cost Curve is a curve that graphically represents the relation between total fixed cost incurred by a firm in the short-run product of a good or service and the quantity produced. This curve is constructed to capture the relation between total fixed cost and the level of output, holding other variables, like technology and resource prices, constant. Because total fixed cost are, in fact, fixed, the total fixed cost curve is, in fact, a horizontal line.

    Correct Option: B

    The Total Fixed Cost Curve is a curve that graphically represents the relation between total fixed cost incurred by a firm in the short-run product of a good or service and the quantity produced. This curve is constructed to capture the relation between total fixed cost and the level of output, holding other variables, like technology and resource prices, constant. Because total fixed cost are, in fact, fixed, the total fixed cost curve is, in fact, a horizontal line.


  1. It is prudent to determine the size of the output when the industry is operating in the stage of









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    In economics, diminishing returns (also called diminishing marginal returns) is the decrease in the marginal (per-unit) output of a production process as the amount of a single factor of production is increased, while the amounts of all other factors of production stay constant. This law plays a central role in production theory.

    Correct Option: C

    In economics, diminishing returns (also called diminishing marginal returns) is the decrease in the marginal (per-unit) output of a production process as the amount of a single factor of production is increased, while the amounts of all other factors of production stay constant. This law plays a central role in production theory.



  1. Under Perfect Competition









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    Perfect competition describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. In the short run, perfectly-competitive markets are not productively efficient as output will not occur where marginal cost is equal to average cost (MC=AC). They are allocatively efficient, as output will always occur where marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue (MC=MR).

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    Perfect competition describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. In the short run, perfectly-competitive markets are not productively efficient as output will not occur where marginal cost is equal to average cost (MC=AC). They are allocatively efficient, as output will always occur where marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue (MC=MR).