Monopoly pricing prevents some mutually beneficial trades from taking place. These unrealized, mutually beneficial trades are

a. not a concern if a market is perfectly competitive.
b. a deadweight loss to society.
c. a function of the reduction in the quantity produced by a monopolist in comparison to a competitive market.
d. All of the above are correct.


d

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