A Monopoly

question 158

Multiple Choice

A monopoly:

• A) takes the market price as given.
• B) determines its own price, given its demand curve.
• C) achieves nearly the same resource allocation efficiency as perfect competition, because it competes in the general marketplace for dollars.
• D) is characterized by A and B.

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