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Commerce · Q348

Economics

Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 348

Q348

In long-run, all firms in monopolistic competition

A.
Earn supernormal profits
B.
Earn normal profits
Answer
C.
Incur losses
D.
May earn normal profit, super normal profit or incur losses

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
In long-run, all firms in monopolistic competition earn normal profits. In the long‐run, the competition brought about by the entry of new firms will cause each firm in a monopolistically competitive market to earn normal profits, just like a perfectly competitive firm.