A Local Electricity-Generating Company Has a Monopoly That Is Protected

question 51

Multiple Choice

A local electricity-generating company has a monopoly that is protected by an entry barrier that takes the form of

• A) control of a key raw material.
• B) network externalities.
• C) economies of scale.
• D) perfectly inelastic demand curve.

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