Multiple Choice
With a natural monopoly, the fair-return price
A) is allocatively efficient; the socially optimal price is allocatively inefficient.
B) is allocatively inefficient; the socially optimal price is allocatively efficient.
C) and the socially optimal price are both allocatively inefficient.
D) and the socially optimal price are both allocatively efficient.
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