There Is Some Evidence to Suggest That X-Inefficiency Is

question 179

Multiple Choice

There is some evidence to suggest that X-inefficiency is

• A) absent whenever two or more producers are competing with one another.
• B) not encountered in either competitive or monopolistic firms.
• C) more likely to occur in monopolistic firms than in competitive firms.
• D) more likely to occur in competitive firms than in monopolistic firms.

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