Monopolistically competitive firms have downward-sloping demand curves. In the long run, monopolistically competitive firms earn zero economic profits. These two characteristics imply that in the long run

A) monopolistically competitive markets achieve productive efficiency.
B) monopolistically competitive markets achieve allocative efficiency.
C) monopolistically competitive firms earn economic profits.
D) monopolistically competitive firms have excess capacity.

Answer: D

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