Additional Firms Often Do Not Try to Compete with a Natural

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Multiple Choice

Additional firms often do not try to compete with a natural monopoly because

• A)they fear retaliation in the form of pricing wars from the natural monopolist.
• B)they are unsure of the size of the market in general.
• C)they know they cannot achieve the same low costs that the natural monopolist enjoys.
• D)the natural monopoly does not make a large profit.

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