Which of the Following Is True

question 111

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A) Average cost pricing reduces the incentives for a monopolist to find ways to reduce its costs.
• B) With natural monopoly, if regulators allow the firm to earn profits, there will be a welfare cost from producing too little of the good.
• C) Government regulation of monopolies aims to achieve the efficiency of large-scale production, without permitting the producers to charge monopoly prices.
• D) All of the above are true.

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