If regulators required firms in monopolistically competitive markets to set price equal to marginal cost,
a. firms would respond by lowering their costs.
b. firms would require a subsidy to stay in business
c. new firms that enter the market would operate at efficient scale.
d. the most efficient firms would not be affected.
b
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