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a. Perfect competition
b. Natural monopoly
c. Oligopoly
d. None of the above.
An industry comprised of a small number of firms, each of which considers the potential reactions of its rivals in making price-output decisions is called:
a.
monopoly.
b.
monopolistic competition.
c.
perfect competition.
d.
oligopoly.
A firm that can sell as much as it can produce at the market price is likely operating in:
A. an oligopoly market
B. a monopoly market
C. a monoplistically competitive market
D. a perfectly competitive market
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