If one producer has control over an entire market and underproduces, the producer will

A) increase producer surplus by lowering pollution costs.
B) increase consumer surplus by lowering producer surplus.
C) increase both consumer and producer surplus.
D) create a deadweight loss.
E) decrease the deadweight loss that would exist if the market were efficient.


D

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