When a perfectly competitive industry is taken over by a monopoly, some consumer surplus is transferred to the monopolist in the form of

A) marginal cost.
B) economic profit.
C) deadweight loss.
D) taxes.
E) average variable cost.


B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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