Use the Following to Answer Question

question 9

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question:
Figure: Efficiency and Pollution
-(Figure: Efficiency and Pollution) Use Figure: Efficiency and Pollution.Assume that firms are the only beneficiaries of pollution and that costs are borne solely by others in the society.If this market produced _____ tons of pollution,then _____.

• A)30;it would be efficient
• B)45;marginal social cost would be less than marginal social benefit
• C)20;marginal social benefit would be less than marginal social cost
• D)20;the marginal social benefit would be $7.

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcement

A form of reinforcement where a stimulus gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Delayed Reinforcement

A tactic in which a reward or punishment is given after a time delay, following the behavior it is meant to encourage or discourage.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a pause.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, which affects the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.