50. Perfect competition is a market structure which: A. Delivers the most consumer surplus for products that already exist. B. Leaves no producer surplus with which firms can engage in R&D to develop new products. C. Inhibits innovation because freedom of entry into the marketplace keeps firms from being able to internalize (capture for themselves) the benefits of their own R&D. D. All of these are facets of perfect competition. E. None of these are facets of perfect competition.

50. Perfect competition is a market structure which: A. Delivers the most consumer surplus for products that already exist. B. Leaves no producer surplus with which firms can engage in R&D to develop new products. C. Inhibits innovation because freedom of entry into the marketplace keeps firms from being able to internalize (capture for themselves) the benefits of their own R&D. D. All of these are facets of perfect competition. E. None of these are facets of perfect competition.

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