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Given the profit-maximizing choice of output and price in the monopolistically competitive market, Citrus Scooters is earning positive profit, which means there are few sellers in the industry relative to the long-run equilirbium amount.
Both monopolistically competitive market and monopoly market are experiencing:
- Price is above marginal cost
- Firms are not price takers
- Price equals average total cost in the long run
Please refer to the first graph.
On the first graph, the green area represents the short-run profit. The graph shows that Citrus Scooter will be able to earn positive profit in the short-run.
However since the entry and exit barriers are low, many firms may come and go in the market. Resulting in the movement of the demand curve.
Please refer to the second graph.
When a new firm enter or quit the market, the demand curve will shift aligned with the shifting of the supply demand. When a firm enter the market and shift the supply curve to the right, the industry demand curve will shift to the right, but the firm's demand curve will shift to the left since customers have wider options and might choose to change products. It shows that the firm's market share decreases when a new firm enter the market.
Hence, both monopolistically competitive market and monopoly market experience similar events:
- Firms in both markets can earn no profit in the long-run. Monopolistically competitive firm has to keep upgrading its product differentiations to earn positive profits, meanwhile monoplistic firm has to relay on the market demand level to change its product price and aims to earn profit.
- The price set by both firms is above the marginal cost.
- Firms in both markets are price makers since they decide the price for their product despite the market driven price.
- Price in both markets in the long run will be equals to the firm's average total cost, resulting the company with no profit conditions.
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