Demand Elasticity for Monopolistically Competitive Firms Is Best Described as

question 136

Multiple Choice

Demand elasticity for monopolistically competitive firms is best described as

• A) perfectly elastic,because market competition eliminates pricing power.
• B) perfectly inelastic,because differentiation is awarded with monopoly pricing.
• C) monopolistically elastic,as the forces of competition mitigate the market power created by significant entry barriers.
• D) competitively inelastic,as the forces of competition generate demand that is not sensitive to changes in price.
• E) relatively elastic,because differentiation offsets the perfect elasticity of a perfectly competitive market.

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