A Price Cap Is a Price ________

question 102

Multiple Choice

A price cap is a price ________.A price cap might be a more effective way of regulating monopoly than rate of return regulation because under rate of return regulation,________.

• A)ceiling;a firm incurs an economic loss
• B)floor;price is set equal to marginal cost
• C)ceiling;the firm's managers have an incentive to inflate costs
• D)floor;the firm's managers have an incentive to purchase more than the efficient quantity of capital
• E)floor;the firm's managers have an incentive to inflate costs

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Definitions:

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Mixed Costs

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