Multiple Choice
A monopoly may exist because
A) government has refused to grant a public franchise.
B) one firm has the exclusive ownership of a necessary resource.
C) the firm is so large and is currently experiencing such vast diseconomies of scale that it can out-compete all newcomers.
D) a and b
E) a, b, and c
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