Limiting Market Power: Regulation and Anti-Trust Government regulates prices to prevent prices from being so high that they bring monopoly profits to the firm. Government regulates prices to set levels that are compensatory to enable firms to cover their costs. Many regulated industries are characterized by significant economies of large-scale production. Debate why economist favor setting price equal to marginal cost.

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