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LONG-RUN ADJUSTMENT: The combined adjustment of an industry and of each firm in the industry to an equilibrium condition that based on (1) profit maximization when all inputs are variable and (2) the entry and exit of firms. The complete adjustment is undertaken by both perfect competition and monopolistic competition. There are two parts of this adjustment process. One is the adjustment of each firm to the appropriate factory size that maximizes long-run profit. The other is the entry of firms into the industry or exit of firms out of the industry, to eliminated economic profits or economic losses. The end result of this long-run adjustment is different for the two market structures based on the fact that perfect competition has equality between price and marginal revenue, while monopolistic competition does not.
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KINKED-DEMAND CURVE A demand curve with two distinct segments which have different elasticities that join to form a corner or kink. The primary use of the kinked-demand curve is to explain price rigidity in oligopoly. The two segments are: (1) a relatively more elastic segment for price increases and (2) a relatively less elastic segment for price decreases. The relative elasticities of these two segments is based on the interdependent decision-making of oligopolistic firms.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the shopping mall seeking to buy either a travel case for you toothbrush or a looseleaf notebook binder. Be on the lookout for slightly overweight pizza delivery guys.
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The penny is the only coin minted by the U.S. government in which the "face" on the head looks to the right. All others face left.
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"Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts. " -- William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice
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