Why is monopolistic competition said to be inefficient? Suppose that you counted the higher price the consumer

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Why is monopolistic competition said to be inefficient? Suppose that you counted the higher price the consumer pays for the monopolistically competitive firm’s product as part of consumer surplus. Would that change the conclusion regarding the efficiency of monopolistic competition?

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Economics

ISBN: 9781032046723

9th Edition

Authors: William Boyes, Michael Melvin

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