"A firm in monopolistic competition maximizes its profit by producing where its price is equal to its marginal cost." Is the previous statement correct or incorrect?

What will be an ideal response?


The statement is incorrect. A firm in monopolistic competition maximizes its profit by producing where its marginal revenue equals its marginal cost. Because the marginal revenue is less than the price for a firm in monopolistic competition, it definitely is not the case that the firm produces where its price equals its marginal cost!

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