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Questions › CUET-PG › CUET-PG 2023 Shift 1 › Q59
4 marks, −1Microeconomics › Monopoly and price discrimination › Natural monopoly and regulationModerateabout 2 min

CUET-PG 2023 Shift 1 Question 59: Monopoly and price discrimination

Consider the following for natural monopoly: (A) When the firm's average cost of producing a good continuously declines, a natural monopoly arises. (B) Under natural monopoly, economic profits are positive or greater than zero in equilibrium. (C) A market is a natural monopoly when a good is produced most economically by a single firm. (D) Natural monopoly follows marginal cost pricing at all times. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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This question is on Natural monopoly and regulation, part of Monopoly and price discrimination in Microeconomics.

Why some industries have a single efficient producer, and how to regulate one.

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