Constructing Plastic Containers Produces Air Pollutants

question 103

Multiple Choice

Constructing plastic containers produces air pollutants. Therefore, in the market for plastic containers,

• A) the marginal social cost curve is above and to the right of the demand curve.
• B) the marginal social cost curve is below and to the left of the demand curve.
• C) the marginal social cost curve is above and to the left of the supply curve.
• D) the marginal social cost curve is below and to the right of the supply curve.
• E) there is a gap between quantity supplied and quantity demanded in equilibrium.

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