Regulators Usually Encourage Natural Monopolists to Engage in

question 145

Multiple Choice

Regulators usually encourage natural monopolists to engage in

• A) marginal cost pricing.
• B) average cost pricing.
• C) marginal cost pricing, with subsidies from the government offsetting the losses.
• D) inefficient pricing.

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