If we were to compare the monopolistically competitive firm's long-run outcome to that of a perfectly competitive one, we would conclude that the monopolistically competitive firm:

A. creates less consumer surplus.
B. produces more output.
C. earns the same profit as a perfectly competitive firm.
D. All of these statements are true.


A. creates less consumer surplus.

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