If a Good Has Only One Producer, with No Threat

question 62

Multiple Choice

If a good has only one producer, with no threat of competition, the market for this good likely:

• A) has greater consumer surplus than in a competitive equilibrium.
• B) has the price set inefficiently high.
• C) has the price set below the competitive equilibrium price.
• D) is efficient.

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