The legal cartel theory of regulation argues that:
A. regulation encourages firms to inflate their production costs.
B. firms in certain industries want to be regulated rather than face the rigors of competition.
C. social regulation has been carried beyond the point at which marginal benefits and
marginal costs are equal.
D. the government is the logical agency to protect consumers from natural monopolies.
Answer: B
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