Under an Average-Cost Pricing Policy

question 3

Multiple Choice

Under an average-cost pricing policy

• A) a regulatory agency picks a price equal to a natural monopoly's marginal cost.
• B) a regulatory agency picks a price equal to a natural monopoly's average fixed cost.
• C) a regulatory agency picks a price at which a natural monopoly's demand curve intersects its average cost curve.
• D) firms earn economic profits greater than zero.

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