Using Figure 15.1, identify which demand curve would belong to that of a purely competitive firm and which would belong to a monopolistically competitive firm and explain your reasoning
What will be an ideal response?
The demand curve that a monopolistic competitor faces is likely to be less elastic than the demand curve that a perfectly competitive firm faces. Demand is more elastic than the demand curve that a monopolist faces because close substitutes for the products of a monopolistic competitor are available. Therefore D1 belongs to the purely competitive firm and D2 belongs to the monopolistically competitive firm.
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