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Questions › CUET-PG › CUET-PG 2023 Shift 2 › Q36
4 marks, −1Microeconomics › Perfect competition › Long-run equilibrium, entry and exitEasyabout 1 min

CUET-PG 2023 Shift 2 Question 36: Perfect competition

A firm in a perfectly competitive market is making zero economic profit in the long run. It will have the incentive to :

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What this question tests

This question is on Long-run equilibrium, entry and exit, part of Perfect competition in Microeconomics.

Why free entry drives profit to zero in the long run, and what that implies for the number of firms and industry supply.

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