Week 2_6 Economic Profit in Perfect Competition

Step 1:

Get to know Basic Concepts:

-- As long as firms establish their normal profit, they will stay in the market.

-- Economic profit attracts new suppliers to the market.

-- In the long run firms will only make a normal profit.

-- If firms are unable to make a normal profit (e.g. the cost are too high), they will leave the market.

 

Step 2:

 Question: 

What happens to the price of the good?

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Step 3:

Watch the Video:

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