The problem with adopting a normal profit pricing policy for a natural monopoly is that _____.

a. profits will be positive losses
b. will be large and sustained
c. it is allocatively efficient
d. it is not allocatively efficient

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Answer:

The correct answer is D

Explanation:

Normal profit also called as the fair return, which means staying in the business without subsidy, higher social welfare, price exceeds the marginal costs and there is no reason for the monopolist to the cut the costs.

Thus, the general problem with adopting or acquire the normal normal profit pricing for the natural monopoly, is that it is not efficiently allocative.

Allocative efficiency states a situation or a condition in which the output of every product is such that that marginal cost and the market price are equal or vice- versa.