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Figure 15-20 Shows the Market Demand and Cost Curves Facing

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Figure 15-20 shows the market demand and cost curves facing a natural monopoly. -Refer to Figure 15-20. Suppose the government regulates this industry in order to remove the inefficiency implied by the behavior of the profit-maximizing owners. If regulators require that the firm produces the economically efficient output level, what is this level and what price will be charged? A) Q4 units; P6 B) Q1 units; P4 C) Q1 units; P1 D) Q3 units; P3
Figure 15-20 shows the market demand and cost curves facing a natural monopoly.
-Refer to Figure 15-20. Suppose the government regulates this industry in order to remove the inefficiency implied by the behavior of the profit-maximizing owners. If regulators require that the firm produces the economically efficient output level, what is this level and what price will be charged?


A) Q4 units; P6
B) Q1 units; P4
C) Q1 units; P1
D) Q3 units; P3

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