Economies of Scale Throughout the Range of Market Demand Give

question 133

Multiple Choice

Economies of scale throughout the range of market demand give natural monopolies

• A)downward-sloping long-run average cost curves
• B)upward-sloping long-run average total cost curves
• C)upward-sloping long-run average cost curves
• D)upward-sloping short-run average total cost curves
• E)horizontal long-run average cost curves

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