Suppose That You Build a High-Speed, Magnetically Powered Transportation System

question 219

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you build a high-speed, magnetically powered transportation system from New York to Los Angeles.High fixed costs resulting from the enormous quantity of capital used in this system enable decreasing average cost for any conceivable level of demand.Your monopoly would result from:

• A) sunk costs.
• B) location.
• C) economies of scale.
• D) government restrictions.

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