We first examine how Perfect Competition fares in terms of our three forms of efficiency. The graphs to the right illustrate a perfectly competitive firm and the market for a perfectly competitive industry in long-run equilibrium.

    Because the firms produce identical products no firm may charge more than any other; likewise, no firm can survive if its costs are greater than the others. What would happen if some firm weren't technically efficient?

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