If a Purely Competitive Firm Is Producing at the MR

question 100

Multiple Choice

If a purely competitive firm is producing at the MR = MC output level and earning an economic profit, then

• A) the selling price for this firm is above the market equilibrium price.
• B) new firms will enter this market.
• C) some existing firms in this market will leave.
• D) there must be price fixing by the industry's firms.

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