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Why would high transaction costs or imperfect information tend to prevent price-taking behavior?
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In a perfectly competitive market, firms are price takers, meaning they must accept the market price and cannot influence it. This is because there are many firms selling identical products, and consumers have perfect information about the products and their Show more…
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