Natural monopolies are firms that
A) have a downward-sloping long-run average cost curve over the entire range of market demand
B) have an upward-sloping long-run average cost curve over the entire range of market demand
C) are protected against the entry of new firms by patents, licenses, or other legal restrictions
D) control a nonreproducible resource that is critical to production
E) have been created over time by the mergers of many smaller firms
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