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The document discusses natural monopolies and regulation. It defines a natural monopoly as existing due to high fixed costs and declining average costs, which leads to subadditivity and economies of scale. A natural monopoly will underprovide output relative to social optimal levels if unregulated, producing where price equals marginal cost rather than marginal benefit to society. Public utilities are often natural monopolies and may be publicly provided to achieve efficient output levels or regulated to pr
- Author
- Iryna Honcharuk
- Language
- EN