Asked by Megan McDermott on Jun 27, 2024

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When a perfectly competitive industry is in long-run equilibrium,its firms:

A) earn more than zero economic profits.
B) combine their variable and fixed resources inefficiently.
C) are not in short-run equilibrium.
D) allocate all of their resources efficiently.

Economic Profits

The discrepancy between overall income and all expenses, encompassing both direct and hidden costs.

Resource Allocation

The process of distributing available resources among various competing needs or projects in order to maximize overall efficiency or achieve a desired outcome.

  • Explain the efficiency of resource allocation in perfect competition and the conditions under which this occurs.
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Lihini FernandoJun 28, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
In long-run equilibrium, firms in a perfectly competitive industry allocate all their resources efficiently, meaning they produce at the lowest possible average cost. Since there are no barriers to entry or exit, competition drives economic profits to zero in the long run, so firms only earn normal profits. Therefore, choice D is correct.