A Market Produces Too Much of a Good When the Price

question 77

Multiple Choice

A market produces too much of a good when the price of the good is:

• A)greater than the marginal social cost of providing it.
• B)equal to the marginal social cost of providing it.
• C)less than the marginal social cost of providing it.
• D)equal to 1.

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