What Is the Most Socially Efficient Market Structure in the Long

question 58

Multiple Choice

What is the most socially efficient market structure in the long run?

• A) monopolistic competition
• B) oligopoly
• C) perfect competition
• D) monopoly

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Outcome Effects

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Impartial Observer

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Keeping Experimenters Blind

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