A market failure is most likely to occur when:

A. a sole producer of a good faces no threat of competition.
B. several producers of a good compete for customers by having price wars.
C. several producers of a good search for the lowest-cost method of production.
D. many producers produce identical products, and only the consumers and producers are affected by the transactions.


A. a sole producer of a good faces no threat of competition.

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