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Zoey63294

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What is the most important characteristic of monopolistic competition? How do firms behave differently from perfect competitors?
 
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In the above graphs a direct relationship is shown by
 
  A) Graph A.
  B) Graph B.
  C) Graph C.
  D) Graph D.


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

Product differentiation is the most important characteristic of perfect competition. Product differentiation generates the downward sloping demand curve that a firm faces. With heterogeneous products, monopolistic competitors will advertise and use sales promotion techniques that perfect competitors would not use.

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