At a Level of Output When Regulators Require a Natural

question 24

Multiple Choice

At a level of output when regulators require a natural monopoly to set a price that is equal to marginal cost,the firm

• A) makes zero economic profit.
• B) makes an economic profit.
• C) incurs an economic loss.
• D) makes a normal-economic profit.
• E) makes either zero economic profit or an economic profit, depending on whether the firm's average total cost equals or is less than its marginal cost.

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