A Monopoly

question 243

Multiple Choice

A monopoly

• A) is not protected by barriers to entry.
• B) produces a good with no close substitutes.
• C) faces a downward-sloping demand curve.
• D) Both answers A and B are correct.
• E) Both answers B and C are correct.

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