A difference between a perfectly competitive industry and a monopoly is that
A) in the long run, firms in a perfectly competitive industry make zero economic profit and a monopoly can make an economic profit.
B) a firm in a perfectly competitive industry can perfectly price discriminate but a monopoly cannot.
C) only monopolies have an incentive to maximize profit.
D) perfectly competitive firms can have a public franchise.
E) a barrier to entry protects perfectly competitive firms in the short run and protects a monopoly in the long run.
A
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