In a monopolistically competitive industry, price:______

a. is most likely a bit higher than the competitive market price because of the cost of variety.
b. will exceed the monopoly price due to the destructiveness of competitive forces.
c. will be lower than the competitive price due to cost savings.
d. is contingent on the behavior of other firms because they are mutually interdependent.

Respuesta :

Answer:

a

Explanation:

In a monopolistically competitive industry, price is most likely a bit higher than the competitive market price because of the cost of variety.

In a monopolistically competitive market, firms tend to set their prices to be higher than those of the marginal cost. This invariably translates to the fact that market is never really able to be productively efficient.

Firms in monopolistically competitive markets tend to wield the same power, since they're all price makers, they have a low degree of market power.

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