A market structure in which two firms control the market is a

a. monopoly.
b. monopolistic competition.
c. perfect competition.
d. duopoly.


d. duopoly.

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If a restaurant was a natural monopoly, dividing the restaurant equally into two separate restaurants would

A) increase total revenue. B) make marginal revenue less elastic. C) decrease marginal cost. D) raise average total cost.

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Which of the following statements accurately explains the superstar phenomenon in wages?

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