In a monopolistically competitive industry, there are many firms which are selling similar products but products are not perfect substitutes. They generally have no control over the market price of the commodity.
Monopolistic competitive firms facing a downward sloping demand curve. Each of firm in this market condition is having a normal profit in the long run and no firm can earn economic profit.
These firms operate with a excess capacity because of the occurrence of zero profit tangency equilibrium. That's why the firms in this market are generally having the capability to produce larger amount of output at a lower average cost than the firm's current production level.
A perfectly competitive market helps ensure that the products produced are the goods that consumers want demonstrates the concept of allocative efficiency. <span>Allocative efficiency defines a state of the economy in which production represents consumer preferences and it is a characteristic of an efficient market. </span>
Candonia has a comparative advantage in the production of <u>LEMONS</u>, while Lamponia has a comparative advantage in the production of <u>COFFEE</u>. Suppose that Candonia and Lamponia specialize in the production of the goods in which each has a comparative advantage. After specialization, the two countries can produce a total of <u>36</u> million pounds of coffee and <u>36</u> million pounds of lemons.
Explanation:
Since a lot of information was missing, I looked it up and found the attached graphs. The graphs referred to production of coffee and lemons, but I guess they are similar questions.
For every pound of lemons that Candonia produces, it will not be able to produce ¹/₂ pounds of coffee (opportunity cost of producing lemons instead of coffee).
For every pound of coffee that Lamponia produces, it will not be able to produce 1¹/₂ pounds of lemons (opportunity cost of producing coffee instead of lemons).