Assume a competitive market has firms earning large economic profits. What is expected to happen over time in this competitive market and to firm's profits?
Economic profits will attract new firms into the market. This increases market supply and decreases market price. The demand curve facing firms will decline (shift downward). Profits will decline until a zero economic profit (a normal profit) is earned. In the long run, competitive firms can earn only a normal profit.
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What will be an ideal response?
One major barrier to entry under pure monopoly arises from ________.
A. the availability of close substitutes for a product. B. the price taking ability of the monopoly. C. diseconomies of scale. D. the cost of the infrastructure needed to produce.