When a Regulatory Agency Uses Marginal Cost Pricing to Regulate

question 29

Multiple Choice

When a regulatory agency uses marginal cost pricing to regulate a monopolist,

• A) price will exceed marginal cost.
• B) production costs will probably exceed the total revenues of the monopolist.
• C) marginal cost will equal average total cost.
• D) social welfare could be improved if average cost pricing was used instead

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