ACME Corp. and Spacely Inc. are engaged in intense price competition in order to boost the market share of their widgets. This is best described as _______.

a. elasticity of demand
b. price discrimination
c. non-price competition
d. bartering
e. a price war

Answer :

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Answer: Option E

                                                   

Explanation: In simple words, it refers to the situation in which two rival companies in an industry cut their prices with the objective of cutting the others customers and gaining a higher market share.

        Generally it is performed for short term so that other firm could be demolished from the market but a company having strong reserves can perform it for a long term as well.

It is more evident in industries where the products of two companies are close substitutes of each other and there are few firs in the industry.