MULTIPLE CHOICE (identify the one best answer below and explain your reasoning for each option): Suppose a monopoly is producing at its profit-maximising (loss-minimizing) quantity, and the price corresponding to this quantity is below average total cost but above average variable cost. The monopoly will

a. shut down in the short run but return to production in the long run

b. shut down in the short run and exit the market in the long run

c. keep producing both in the short run and in the long run

d. keep producing in the short run but exit the market in the long run

e. None of the above.

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