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List three reasons that would cause a perfectly competitive firm to maintain operation in the short...

  1. List three reasons that would cause a perfectly competitive firm to maintain operation in the short run even if it were running in a shutdown scenario.
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Perfectly competitive firm - it is also known as Price taker. Because the pressure which is coming from competing firms Forces them to accept the equilibrium price which is prevailing in the market.

If a firm which is in perfectly competitive market raises the prices of their products by a single penny ,then also it will lose all of its sale by competitors.

What is shutdown scenario - when any firm received revenue from sale of produced goods and services cannot cover the variable costs of production ,in such situation firm face losses and shutdown scenario develop.

3 reasons are ..

  1. Many firms produces identical (similar) products
  2. Availability of buyers are there to buy products
  3. Seller and buyer both have all relevant information about that product then it's up to them to buy that product or not.
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