Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Incentives and price signals cannot function without proper institutions for economic activity to flourish.
Reason (R): Markets require institutions because they are not self-regulating, self-stabilizing or self-legitimizing.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.