If Happy Cleaners and Sparkle Cleaners are in a Cournot oligopoly and Happy Cleaners has a lower cost of production than Sparkle Cleaners, in equilibrium, Happy Cleaners will produce than Sparkle Cleaners and earn an economic profit that is Sparkle Cleaners.

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In a Cournot oligopoly, firms compete by choosing their quantity of output. If Happy Cleaners has a lower cost of production, they can afford to produce more at a lower cost than Sparkle Cleaners. This means that Happy Cleaners will have a lower marginal cost and therefore will have a lower price. As a result, Happy Cleaners will have a higher quantity demanded and the market share, and as a result, they will produce more than Sparkle Cleaners. Additionally, as Happy Cleaners' production costs are lower, they can sell their product at a lower price, which will attract more customers, and create economic profit that is more than Sparkle Cleaners.

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