Friday, January 29, 2021

IMPORTANCE OF TIME ELEMENTS IN DETERMINATION OF PRICE UNER PERFECT COMPETITION

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 IMPORTANCE OF TIME ELEMENT IN DETERMINATION OF PRICE UNDER PERFECT COMPETITION
BUSINESS ECONOMICS/MICRO ECONOMICS

   DR SHASHI AGGARWAL

Q.      EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME ELEMENTS IN PRICE DETERMINATION UNDER PERFECT COMPETITION

  1. ANSWER : INTRODUCTION TO PERFECT COMPETITION
  2. EXPLANATION OF TIME PERIOD AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
  3. DETERMINATION OF PRICE UNDER VERY SHORT PERIOD AND SHORT PERIOD AND LONG PERIOD.

   MEANING

   REFERS TO A MARKET SITUATION WHERE THERE IS LARGE NUMBER OF BUYERS AND SELLERS. THE SELLER SELL HOMOGENEOUS PRODUCT AT A UNIFORM PRICE. THE PRICE IS NOT DETERMINED BY THE FIRM BUT BY THE INDUSTRY.

   LEFTWITCH,” PERFECT COMPETITION IS A MARKET IN WHICH THERE ARE MANY FIRMS SELLING IDENTICAL PRODUCTS WITH NO FIRM LARGE ENOUGH RELATIVE TO THE ENTIRE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE MARKET PRICE.

   IMPORTANCE OF TIME ELEMENT IN THE DETERMINATION OF PRICE

   PRICE OF THE GOOD IS DETERMINED WHERE DEMAND IS EQUAL TO SUPPLY. WHETHER THE PRICE WILL BE INFLUENCED BY DEMAND OR SUPPLY DEPENDS ON THE TIME.

   ACCORDING TO MARSHALL

                          SHORTER THE PERIOD,GREATER WILL BE THE INFLUENCE OF DEMAND

                          LONGER THE PERIOD THE INFLUENCE WILL BE OF THE SUPPLY.

   IMPORTANCE OF TIME ELEMENT IN DETERMINATION OF PRICE

   PRICE DETERMINATION IN VERY SHORT PERIOD: - MARKET PRICE OF A COMMODITY WHICH PREVAILS IN A MARKET AT A PREVAILING TIME. VERY SHORT PERIOD IS THAT TIME PERIOD IN WHICH SUPPLY OF A COMMODITY CAN NOT BE INCREASED BEYOND ITS EXISTING STOCK.MARKET PRICE.

   SHORT PERIOD:-REFERS TO TIME PERIOD IN WHICH SUPPLY CAN BE INCREASED ONLY UP TO ITS EXISTING PRODUCTION CAPACITY IF DEMAND HAS INCREASED.NOT ENOUGH TIME TO INSTALL NEW MACHINERY NOR FOR THE NEW FIRMS TO ENTER THE INDUSTRY.SUB NORMAL PRICE

 

   LONG PERIOD: _ IT REFERS TO THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH SUPPLY OF COMMODITY CAN BE INCREASED OR DECREASED ACCORDING TO CHANGED CONDITIONS OF DEMAND. NORMAL PRICE.

   VERY LONG PERIOD: - TIME PERIOD IN WHICH BASIC CHANGES CAN BE EFFECTED BOTH IN DEMAND AND SUPPLY. DEMAND IS INFLUENCED BY CHANGES IN THE SIZE OF POPULATION, ITS TASTES AND HABITS ETC .SUPPLY IS INFLUENCED BY TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCTION. VERY LONG PRICE IS SECULAR PRICE.

   VERY SHORT PERIOD

   DETERMINATION OF MARKET PRICE:-MARKET PRICE IS THE PREVAILING AT A GIVEN TIME. VERY SHORT PRICE IS INFLUENCED BY DEMAND.



   PERISHABLE GOODS:-

   EXPLAANTION

   PERIISAHBLE GOODS PERISH VERY QUICKLY  AND CAN NOT BE STORES LIKE VEGETABLES,FRUIT,MILK ETC SUPPLY OF SUCH GOODS AT ANY TIME IS FIXED. WHEN DEMAND IS HIGH PRICE WILL BE HIGH AND WHEN DEMAND IS LOW PRICE WILL BE DETERMINED

   DURABLE GOODS: SOME GOODS CAN BE STORED FOR LONG TIME. FIRMS SELLING THESE PRODUCTS HAVE RESERVE PRICE BELOW WHICH THEY WILL NOT SELL. SUPPLY CAN BE INCREASED UP TO A LIMIT.

   VERY SHORT PERIOD DURABLE GOODS

   D


   EXPLANATION

   OS1 IS THE RESERVE PRICE BELOW WHICH THE SELLER WOULD NOT SELL. WHEN THE D1 THEN HE WILL BRING OQ1 AND PRICE WILL BE OP1. AS DEMAND GOES ON INCREASING HE WILL GO ON INCREASING SUPPLY. WHEN THE DEMAND IS D3. HE WILL BRING ALL THE QUANTITY. AFTER THIS IF DEMAND INCRESES THEN HE CAN NOT INCREASE THE SUPPLY.

   SHORT PERIOD

   IN SHORT PERIOD THE INDUSTRY CAN INCREASE THE SUPPLY UPTO EXISTING CAPACITY OF THE FIRM. THE SUB NORMAL PRICE IS DETERMINED IN SHORT PERIOD.



   PRICE DETERMINATION IN THE LONG RUN

   NORMAL PRICE COMES TO PERVAIL IN THE LONG PERIOD. ALSO CALLED LONG PERIOD PRICE. NORMAL PRICE IS INFLUENCED MORE BY SUPPLY THAN DEMAND.

   ALL THE PRODUCERS WILL GET NORMAL PROFIT

   DETERMINATION OF NORMAL PRICE

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   EXPLANATION

   DEMAND AND SUPPLY WHERE INTERSECT EACH OTHER EQUILIBIRUM PRICE WILL BE DETERMINED AT OP. SUPPOSE PRICE RISES TO P1 THEN DMEAND IS LESS THAN SUPPLY IT WILL BE AUTOMATIC FALL TO P AND IF PRICE FALL TO P2 HERE THE SUPPLY IS LESS THAN DEMAND THEN PRICE WILL AUTOMATICALLY SETLLE AT OP.

   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMAL PRICE AND MARKET PRICE

   TIME: MARKET PRICE IS THE PRICE WHICH PERVIALS IN THE VERY SHORT PERIOD AND NORMAL PRICE IN THE LONG RUN.

   EQUILIBIRUM:-MARKET PRICE IS THAT PRICE WHICH IS THE RESULT OF TEMPORARY EQUILIBRIUM. NORMAL PRICE IS THE RESULT OF PERMANENT EQUILIBRIUM.

   INFLUENCE OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY:-IN THE DETERMINATION OF MARKET PRICE, DEMAND PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE WHILE SUPPLY IS PASSIVE BUT IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE PRICE.SUPPLY BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT AS ADJUST TO DEMAND.

   REAL AND PROBABLE PRICE: MP IS THAT PRICE WHICH ACTUALLY PERVAILS IN THE MARKET. NORAML PRICE IS THE PROBABLE PRICE.

   KINDS OF GOODS:-MP FOR ALL TYPES OF GOODS BUT NORMAL PRICE ONLY FOR DURABLE AND REPRODUCIBLE GOODS.

   MARKET PRICE CAN BE LESS THAN OR MORE THAN AVERAGE COST BUT NORMAL PRICE IS ALWAYS EQUAL TO LONG RUN AVERAGE COST

   PROFIT AND LOSSES :-MP MAY GIVE NP.SNP.MINIMUM LOSS BUT NORMAL PRICE ALWAYS YIELD NORMAL PROFITS ALONE,

 

 

 

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