Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Non Competitive markets

Question:
Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R):
Assertion: In monopolistic competition, firms earn normal profits in long run.
Reasoning: Free entry and exit of firms is allowed in monopolistic competition.
Options:
Both Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) are true and Reasoning (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Both Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) are true and Reasoning (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is false.
Assertion (A) is false but Reasoning (R) is true.
Correct Answer:
Both Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) are true and Reasoning (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Explanation:
If the firms in the industry are receiving supernormal profit in the short run, this will attract new firms. As new firms enter, some customers shift from existing firms to these new firms. So existing firms find that their demand curve has shifted leftward, and the price that they receive falls. This causes profits to fall. The process continues till super-normal profits are wiped out, and firms are making only normal profits. Converse is also true.