Briefly explain why the following statements are either TRUE or FALSE: a. Perfectly competitive firms can never earn economic profit. b. Perfectly competitive firms seek to maximize both per-unit and total profit. c. Sometimes, profit-maximization is the same as loss-minimization. d. Long-run market supply curves are always upward-sloping.

Briefly explain why the following statements are either TRUE or FALSE: a. Perfectly competitive firms can never earn economic profit. b. Perfectly competitive firms seek to maximize both per-unit and total profit. c. Sometimes, profit-maximization is the same as loss-minimization. d. Long-run market supply curves are always upward-sloping.

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Chapter24: Perfect Competition

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