Question

 1. Characteristics of competitive markets

 The model of competitive markets relies on these three core assumptions:

 1. There must be many buyers and sellers-a few players can't dominate the market.

 2. Firms must produce an identical product-buyers must regard all sellers products as equivalent.

 3. Firms and resources must be fully mobile, allowing free entry into and exit from the industry.

 The first two conditions imply that all consumers and firms are price takers. While the third is not necessary for price-taking behavior, assume for this problem that a market cannot maintain competition in the long run without free entry.

 Identify whether or not each of the following scenarios describes a competitive market, along with the correct explanation of why or why not.

 In a small town, there are two providers of broadband Internet access: a cable company and the phone company. The Internet access offered by both providers is of the same speed.

 In a major metropolitan area, one chain of coffee shops has gained a large market share because customers feel its coffee tastes better than that of its competitors.

 Scholastik Inc. owns the U.S. copyright to a popular book series. It is the only company with the legal right to pubiish books in the series in the United States.

 Dozens of companies produce plain white socks. Consumers regard plain white socks as identical and don't care who manufactures their socks.

Answer 1

a) this market is not competetive because there are not enough seller in the market.

b) Here, the goods are not homogenous in the market.

c) Not have the free competition in the market as one company owns the copyright for the books

d) this is a perfect market because the goods are homogeneous, there are many siilar firms and free entry and exit in the market.