Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.6

7.6 — practice question

In a perfectly contestable market, entering and leaving involve no costs. In practice, why does this not hold for some firms in contestable markets?

  • AFirms cannot recover all fixed costs if they cease operations.
  • BFirms in the industry all operate at the equilibrium level of output.
  • CLarge firms do not have to increase capital to grow.
  • DMultinational companies always benefit from economies of scale.

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