Perfect Competition Market Cigarette Demand Discussions
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Perfect Competition Market Cigarette Demand Discussions
U.S. cigarette makers face enormous punitive damage penalties after losing a series of class-action lawsuits that heaped penalties amounting to several hundred billion dollars on the tobacco industry. In spite of the huge penalties, The Wall Street Journal reported, “The damage (to cigarette makers) is generally under control.” What action do you suppose the cigarette companies took to avoid bankruptcy? Why did this action succeed?
Cerritos College Perfect Competition Market Discussion
I’m working on an economics discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
(Im)perfect Competition: Unrealistic Economics or Useful Strategy Tool?
There’s an old, near-funny joke about economists that goes something like this:
A physicist, a chemist and an economist are stranded on a desert island, with no food to eat. A can of soup washes ashore, but it’s sealed. So each professional ponders how to get it open…
“I’ve got it. Let’s smash the can open with a rock,” exclaims the physicist.
“No, no. The soup will splatter that way,” says the chemist. “Let’s build a fire and heat the can first.”
“You’re both wrong,” retorts the economist. “Let’s assume we have a can opener….”
The joke is corny at best. It may have even gone over your head. My apologies.
But the stereotypes in the joke are spot on, especially for the economist. One of the biggest gripes that people have with economists (and economics as a whole) is that the models that they build to represent the world often require unrealistic or even impossible assumptions in order to get results. What’s the point of building models that do not accurately represent reality?
One of the most cited examples of wishful thinking in economics is the model of perfect competition which you have reviewed in this module. (If you have not done the readings yet, now might be a great time to start!). Perfect competition is known as an idealist representation of how economic markets distribute goods and services. In short, perfect competition is a market condition in which no market participants (buyers, sellers, etc.) are powerful enough to set the price of a homogeneous good or service.
Discussion Questions:
(2-3 Full sentences per question)
- What are the four basic assumptions of perfect competition? Explain in words what they imply for a perfectly competitive firm. Are these assumptions too broad for the companies that we see on an everyday basis?
- A single firm in a perfectly competitive market is relatively small compared to the rest of the market. What does this mean? How “small” is “small”? What are your thoughts on this assumption and is this assumption realistic?
- Why will profits and losses for firms in a perfectly competitive industry vanish in the long run? Is this part of the model realistic? Provide counter examples of companies/businesses who might be able to generate consistent profits.
Perfect Competition Market Cigarette Demand Discussions
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