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bclement10

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A firm in monopolistic competition maximizes its profit by producing where its price is equal to its marginal cost. Is the previous statement correct or incorrect?
 
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A perfectly competitive firm is called a price maker because all the firms together must make the market price. Is the previous statement correct or incorrect? Briefly explain your answer.
 
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mistyjohnson

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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The statement is incorrect. A firm in monopolistic competition maximizes its profit by producing where its marginal revenue equals its marginal cost. Because the marginal revenue is less than the price for a firm in monopolistic competition, it definitely is not the case that the firm produces where its price equals its marginal cost

Answer to Question 2

The statement is false. A perfectly competitive firm is called a price taker because the firm must take whatever price the market determines. Any single firm's actions cannot affect the market price.


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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