Monopolistically competitive firms are productively inefficient because production occurs where:

A. average total cost is greater than the minimum average total cost.
B. marginal cost is greater than marginal revenue.
C. marginal cost is less than marginal revenue.
D. average total cost is less than the difference between average total cost and average variable cost.


Answer: A

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