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Compare the price, quantity, and ATC of a monopoly with a perfectly competitive firm.   Who is...

Compare the price, quantity, and ATC of a monopoly with a perfectly competitive firm.   Who is more efficient and why?

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A competitive firm faces a horizontal demand curve so P= MR, In monopoly P>MR, it faces a downward sloping demand curve so price is higher and output is lower is monopoly.

In long run perfectly competitive firm produces at a point where ATC is lowest, while this is not the case with monopoly, so perfect competition is effecient as the producer produces at a lowest ATC

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