If Entry-Restricting Legal Barriers Effectively Organized the Funeral Home Industry

question 163

Multiple Choice

If entry-restricting legal barriers effectively organized the funeral home industry of a large city into a monopoly cartel, economic theory indicates that, compared to the previously competitive situation,

• A) the price of funeral services would decline, and output would increase.
• B) both the price and output of funeral services would decline.
• C) the price of funeral services would increase, and output would decline.
• D) both the price and output of funeral services would increase.

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