There Are Two Bookstores in a College Town

question 85

Multiple Choice

There are two bookstores in a college town.If another bookstore opened,each of the stores would incur an economic loss.This bookstore market is

• A) a natural monopoly.
• B) a monopoly.
• C) monopolistic competition.
• D) a natural oligopoly.
• E) a legal oligopoly.

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