A profit-maximizing firm in a monopolistically competitive market differs from a firm in a perfectly competitive market because the firm in the monopolistically competitive market a. chooses its profit-maximizing quantity where marginal revenue equals marginal cost. b. sells its product in a highly-concentrated market. c. faces a downward-sloping demand curve for its product. d. can earn profits in the long run.

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17 March, 23:19

A profit-maximizing firm in a monopolistically competitive market differs from a firm in a perfectly competitive market because the firm in the monopolistically competitive market a. chooses its profit-maximizing quantity where marginal revenue equals marginal cost. b. sells its product in a highly-concentrated market. c. faces a downward-sloping demand curve for its product. d. can earn profits in the long run.

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Winston Santana · Answer 1

c. faces a downward-sloping demand curve for its product

Explanation:

Perfect Competition is a market form, having large no. of sellers, selling homogeneous products at constant prices. So, constant prices imply that their demand curve is horizontal, perfectly elastic.

Monopolistic Competition is a market form, having many sellers, selling slightly differentiated products which are incomplete substitutes of each other. The prices also vary from firm to firm, depending on product quality. So, these firms have usual downward sloping curve, denoting price-demand inverse relationship.