Assume that an inferior good is produced in a perfectly competitive, increasing-cost industry with external diseconomies. The market is initially in long-run equilibrium. After all long-run adjustments are made, which of the following would occur in this market as a result of an increase in consumers' incomes?

a. The market price would remain unchanged; the market quantity would rise.
b. The market price would rise; the market quantity would fall.
c. The market price would remain unchanged; the market quantity would fall.
d. Both the market price and the market quantity would fall.
e. Both the market price and the market quantity would rise.

D

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