If in a given market of more than one producer, there were to exist for a long interval of time a positive gap between price and average cost (P > AC), this would suggest that

a. there are many sellers in the industry.
b. there exists an oligopoly or cartel in the industry.
c. this is a contestable market.
d. the firm cannot be a monopolistic competitor.


b

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