Command-and-control regulation, as compared to incentive-based regulation, is:

A. efficient in the short run and in the long run.
B. efficient in the short run, but not in the long run.
C. inefficient in the short run, but efficient in the long run.
D. inefficient in the short run and long run.


Answer: D

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