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The Theory Of The Firm Under Perfect Competition

Question
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What do you understand by (i) Control price, and (ii) Support price?

Solution

(i) When government fixes price of a product lower than the equilibrium price to help the consumers, it is called control price.

(ii) When government fixes the price of a product higher than the equilibrium price to help the producers, it is called support price.