Multiple Choice
For which of the following reasons do regulatory agencies sometimes fail to bring the price and output of a natural monopoly to the ideal level?
A) The regulatory agency does not have all the information concerning a firm's true costs.
B) Monopolists may conceal profits by inflating the costs of production by spending money to achieve personal objectives (a very nice office building, for example) .
C) Regulatory agencies often come to reflect the views of the industries they are supposed to regulate.
D) All of the above are reasons.
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