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competitive equilibrium  

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  • A competitive equilibrium occurs in a competitive market when there is no tendency for the market price or quantity exchanged of a good or service to change further. This equilibrium is located at the intersection of the market demand curve and the market supply curve in a graph of price against quantity (see Figure 1, opposite). [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Care Management; Competitive Equilibrium]

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