Suppose ABC Dairy is one firm competing in the perfectly competitive market for milk. Now suppose ABC Dairy decides to produce only organic milk. Which of the following best describes the effects of this change in the market?

a. ABC Dairy will still be a price taker because it is still operating in a perfectly competitive market.

b. ABC Dairy will have a monopoly on organic milk due to very high entry barriers.

c. The other dairy firms will produce with excess capacity, but ABC Dairy will be efficient.

d. ABC Dairy is differentiating its product and will likely be able to charge a higher price than before.

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Punkin

2 August, 07:46

Suppose ABC Dairy is one firm competing in the perfectly competitive market for milk. Now suppose ABC Dairy decides to produce only organic milk. Which of the following best describes the effects of this change in the market?

a. ABC Dairy will still be a price taker because it is still operating in a perfectly competitive market.

b. ABC Dairy will have a monopoly on organic milk due to very high entry barriers.

c. The other dairy firms will produce with excess capacity, but ABC Dairy will be efficient.

d. ABC Dairy is differentiating its product and will likely be able to charge a higher price than before.

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Alfie · Answer 1

The correct option is D.

Explanation:

In a perfectly competitive market, there are many sellers selling the same product and in this market, firms have easy entry and exit, products are identical in nature from one seller to another and also the sellers are price taker.

So, in this case, ABC firm compete in this market for milk but later on they changed their production to produce organic milk and this change would be described by the effect that ABC firm is differentiating its product from market and they will have a chance to charge high price than earlier.

Therefore, the correct option is D.