Long-Run Competitive Entry

Topic: Introduction to Microeconomics — Adjust the number of firms and watch the market converge to the zero-profit long-run equilibrium.

Firms (N)
10
Market price
6.67
Firm output (q)
6.67
Profit per firm
12.22

Entry continues until economic profit reaches zero. At the long-run equilibrium, price equals the minimum of average total cost (ATC). With these cost parameters, the zero-profit outcome occurs near N = 18 firms, where P falls to the minimum ATC of about 4.47.