A Natural Monopoly Exists When

question 81

Multiple Choice

A natural monopoly exists when

• A) a firm produces a product essential to national security.
• B) a firm is able to operate at the minimum point of its long- run average total cost curve.
• C) one firm can most efficiently supply the entire market demand.
• D) a firm has a government charter to be the sole producer of some good.
• E) only one firm is supplying a natural resource.

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