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O-LevelEconomicsThe allocation of resources2281/12 · May/June 2021 · Q151 Mark

A private sector firm is the only supplier of rail services between two cities. What will stop the firm charging very high ticket prices?

Abarriers to entry into rail services
Bcompetition from public road transport
Cgovernment policy encouraging monopoly power
Dhigh costs of maintaining rail tracks

✓ Correct answer

B: competition from public road transport

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The allocation of resources, O-Level Economics (syllabus 2281). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Economics, May/June 2021 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 15.

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