Excess capacity: In monopolistic competition, firms produce at a quantity below the minimum of ATC in the long run.
How to apply it: Identify excess capacity as the gap between the long-run quantity and the minimum-ATC quantity, representing a cost of product variety.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Imperfect Competition
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