In Long-Run Equilibrium, Purely Competitive Markets

question 139

Multiple Choice

In long-run equilibrium, purely competitive markets

• A) minimize total cost.
• B) maximize the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus.
• C) yield economic profits to most sellers.
• D) inevitably degenerate into monopoly in increasing-cost industries.

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