In the long run, firms in a competitive market
a |
shut down because profit goes to zero. |
b |
lose money. |
c |
are not profit maximizing. |
d |
earn zero economic profit. |
A perfect competition is a market structure type in which
There are large number of buyers and sellers in the market
Price is decided only by the market forces that is demand and supply
There are no barriers to entry and exit
Long term economic profit is zero
The long-term economic profit is also called earning normal profit in the long run by the firms
A shutdown occurs when price is less than the average variable cost
But here no data is given so in the long run the firms will end up with earning economic profit as zero
Hence the answer is option D
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