Microeconomics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (2nd Edition)
Microeconomics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780134641904
Author: Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, John List
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 1Q
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Consumers in a perfectly competitive market structure are considered to be price takers.

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In a perfectly competitive market structure, there exist large number of buyers and sellers trading in homogenous goods. So, the price for the industry of particular goods and services is determined by their market demand and supply.

Further, all the consumers participating in a perfectly competitive market individually comprise a negligible part of the market. One single consumer cannot influence the price for the entire market. Therefore, consumers are considered as price-takers in a perfectly competitive market.

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