When a Single Firm Has Control Over the Market Supply

question 12

Multiple Choice

When a single firm has control over the market supply of a resource that is essential to the production of a good,

• A) economies of scale are usually important.
• B) monopoly is frequently the result.
• C) diseconomies of scale are the usual cause.
• D) competition for the resource makes monopoly almost impossible

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