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PERFECTLY ELASTIC: An elasticity alternative in which infinitesimally small changes in price cause infinitely large changes in quantity. In other words, quantity is hyper, super, infinitely responsive to price. Any change in price, no matter how small triggers an infinite change in quantity. Perfectly elastic should be compared with other elasticity alternatives--perfectly inelastic, relatively elastic, relatively inelastic, and unit elastic.
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Lesson 5: Market Demand | Unit 3: Demand Curve
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This table is a demand schedule presenting the relationship between demand price and quantity demanded. Assumptions: - Ceteris paribus factors do not change.
- Data is for a specific time period.
Observations:- First, higher prices go with lower quantities demanded-the law of demand.
- Second, the prices and quantities are maximum values.
- Third, demand is the whole set of price/quantity pair numbers. Quantity demanded is any single number at the specified price.
- By the way, these numbers are hypothetical.
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PERFECT COMPETITION An ideal market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, identical products sold by all firms, freedom of entry into and exit out of the industry, and perfect knowledge of prices and technology. This is one of four basic market structures. The other three are monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. Perfect competition is an idealized market structure that is not observed in the real world. While unrealistic, it does provide an excellent benchmark that can be used to analyze real world market structures. In particular, perfect competition efficiently allocates resources.
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