In the model of perfectly competitive markets, the market outcome is allocatively efficient because   Question 4 options:   all firms are price takers   all firms break even in the long run   the sum of consumer and producer surplus is maximized   economic profits are maximized   average total cost is minimized for each firm

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In the model of perfectly competitive markets, the market outcome is allocatively efficient because
 

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all firms are price takers
 
all firms break even in the long run
 
the sum of consumer and producer surplus is maximized
 
economic profits are maximized
 
average total cost is minimized for each firm
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