Posted by Marilyn on Monday, June 29, 2009 at 8:52am.
Because under a perfectly competitive market, there are lots of other producers trying to sell the same thing. Take for example a wheat farmer, and say the market price is $10 per bushel. What if the farmer charged $10.10, how much would he sell? Answer is zero, nobody would pay 10.10 when they could buy all they want at $10.00. Well, what if he charged $9.90. He would sell out of course and then feel like a schlemiel, because he could have just as easily sold all of his wheat for $10.
Under the market price in a perfectly competitivie market, a person can immediately buy or sell at that price.
Explained well, thanks.
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