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Excess capacity under monopolistic competition is a central concept in intermediate microeconomics that explains the inefficiency in output levels when firms face downward-sloping demand curves due to product differentiation. Monopolistic competition is a market structure characterized by many firms selling similar but not identical products, free entry and exit in the long run, and some degree of market power for each firm. Unlike perfect competition, where firms are price takers and produce at minimum average cost in the long run, monopolistically competitive firms face downward-sloping demand curves, allowing them to set prices above marginal cost. This market power has implications for output decisions and efficiency. In monopolistic competition, firms maximize profits where marginal revenue equals marginal cost (MR = MC). Because each firm has some control over price due to product differentiation, the demand curve faced by an individual firm is downward sloping. In the short run, firms may earn positive economic profits or incur losses, depending on the position of their average total cost (ATC) curve relative to the demand curve. However, the long-run equilibrium __________ ______ ________ _______ ____ ______ ___ ________.
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