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With increasing returns to scale, the equilibrium in a market is incomplete. This is __________.

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only in the case of perfectly competitive market
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only in the case of imperfectly competitive market
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only in the case of monopolistic market situations
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none of the above
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Solution

The correct option is C only in the case of perfectly competitive market
With increasing returns to scale, the equilibrium in a market is incomplete. This is only in the case of perfectly competitive maket.Perfect competition is a form of the market in which there is a large number of buyers and sellers and where homogeneous product is sold at a uniform priceA price taker firm means that it has to accept the price as determined by the forces of market demand and market supply.Firm's demand curve under perfect competition is a horizontal straight line parallel to X-axis.Under perfect competition, AR is constant for a firm. Hence, AR = MR.

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