When the markets are very competitive, productive resources (including labor, capital, entrepreneurship, land) tend to be compensated at a level quite a bit higher than their opportunity cost. Discuss?

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This statement is theoretically incorrect in a perfectly competitive market where the remuneration for resources including labor capital entrepreneurship and land tends to equal to their opportunity cost not higher Heres why 1 Labor In a competitive market wages for labor are determined by the intersection point of the supply and demand curves for labor The wage rate is essentially the opportunity cost of labor if a worker didnt offer their services in this job they could earn the same wage rate in a different job elsewhere in a perfectly competitive market 2 Capital The rent or interest on capital is also its opportunity cost If the return on capital in one industry is higher than elsewhere the capital will flow from less profitable to more profitable industries until the return equals the opportunity cost in a perfectly competitive market 3 Entrepreneurship In competitive markets an entrepreneurs ... View the full answer