If the government imposed a direct price regulation that did not allow a natural monopoly with constant marginal cost to charge a price higher than under perfect competition:the regulation could cause the firm to shut down production.the regulation results in higher consumer surplus, lower producer surplus, and higher total surplus.the regulation would fail to eliminate all of the monopolist's market power.the regulation would cause the quantity produced and traded in the market to be larger.

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