alleryStart learning →What attracts new firms into a perfectly competitive industry?
AEconomic loss
BNormal profit
CZero profit
DEconomic profit
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Economic profit
Profit above normal signals that resources earn more here, so new firms enter until the extra profit disappears.
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