Both the Perfectly Competitive Firm and the Monopolistically Competitive Firm

question 127

Essay

Both the perfectly competitive firm and the monopolistically competitive firm produce at the output where marginal revenue equals marginal cost (MR = MC)but only the perfectly competitive firm achieves allocative efficiency.Explain why this is the case.

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