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Perfect Competition In this lesson, students will identify characteristics of perfectly competitive markets.
Students will be able to identify and/or define the following terms:
Perfect CompetitionCommodities
Barriers to Entry
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A market is any venue wherebuyers and sellers meet.
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In a perfectly competitive market, a largenumber of firms produce the same
product.
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Perfect Competition
A perfectly competitive market has four conditions:
1. There are many buyers and sellers.2. Sellers offer identical products.3. Buyers and sellers are well-informed
about their products.4. Sellers are able to enter and exit the
market freely.
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Markets for fruits and vegetables areusually perfectly competitive markets.
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Commodities
• Commodities are generally sold in perfectly competitive markets.
• A commodity is a product that is the same no matter who produces it.
• Milk, petroleum, and apples are examples of commodities.
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Milk is milk. It is exactly the same regardless of who sells it.
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Barrier to Entry
• A barrier to entry is any condition that makes it difficult to enter a market.
• High start-up costs are barriers to entry.
• A great degree of technical knowledge can also be a barrier to entry.
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If opening a new business requireshundreds of thousands of dollars, thathigh start-up cost is a barrier to entry.
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Needing a tremendous amount of technicalknowledge is another example of a barrier
to entry.
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Growing corn doesn’t require a tremendousamount of money or knowledge.
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Opening a commercial airline industryrequires a tremendous amount of capital.
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Few markets are perfectly competitive.Products must be identical in a
perfectly competitive market.
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Questions for Reflection:• List the four conditions of perfect
competition.• Define commodity and provide an example
of a commodity.• What is a barrier to entry?• Provide two examples of barriers to entry
and explain why they are barriers to entry.• Why are few markets perfectly
competitive?