If a regulatory commission imposes upon a nondiscriminating natural monopoly a price that is equal to marginal cost and below average total cost at the resulting output, then:
A. the firm will realize an economic profit.
B. the firm will earn only a normal profit.
C. allocative efficiency will be worsened.
D. the firm must be subsidized or it will go bankrupt.
Answer: D
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