A Natural Monopoly Is One That

question 218

Multiple Choice

A natural monopoly is one that:

• A)monopolizes a natural resource such as a mineral spring.
• B)is based on control of something occurring in nature (such as diamonds).
• C)has increasing returns to scale over the entire relevant range of output.
• D)typically has low fixed costs,making it easy and "natural" for it to shut out competitors.

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Definitions:

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