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In the long run new firms enter the industry causing demand
to fall for each of the firms already in business.
On the graph to the right we've shown the effects of entry
as a shift back to the original demand curve until profits are
zero again. Certainly profits must return to zero, but it need
not be the case that output, price and demand are all as they
were before demand increased.
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