An Important Similarity Between a Monopolistically Competitive Firm and a Purely

question 25

Multiple Choice

An important similarity between a monopolistically competitive firm and a purely competitive firm is that

• A)both face perfectly elastic demand schedules.
• B)economic profit tends toward zero for both.
• C)both realize productive efficiency.
• D)both realize allocative efficiency.

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