In a Long-Run Equilibrium, Firms in Both Perfectly Competitive Markets

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True/False

In a long-run equilibrium, firms in both perfectly competitive markets and monopolistically competitive markets produce a quantity below the efficient scale of production.

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Definitions:

Retailer Cooperative

A group of independent retailers that band together to set up a jointly owned, central wholesale operation that also conducts joint merchandising and promotion.

Consumer Cooperative

A cooperative business owned by its customers for their mutual benefit, where profits are returned to the members according to their use of the cooperative, not according to the capital invested.

Franchise

A business model where a company allows an individual or other company to operate a branch of their business under their brand and guidelines.

Customer-Operated

Pertaining to systems or services that are directly used or managed by the customers themselves.