What is one reason perfectly competitive firms wish to be ever more efficient?

A) Individual firms are awarded by the tax code to be more efficient.
B) Individual firms can better control their costs than the price they can charge.
C) Individual firms can better control their costs than their output levels.
D) Individual firms don't need to be efficient; government policies do not reward efficiency.


B

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