Without regulation, an industry that is a natural monopoly will tend to have: a. higher prices than is efficient, especially if demand is elastic. b. higher prices than is efficient, especially if demand is inelastic. C. higher consumpton than is efficient, especially if demand is elastic. d. higher consumption than is efficient, especially if demand is inelastic

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