FIGURE 16- 1

question 94

Multiple Choice

FIGURE 16- 1
-Refer to Figure 16- 1.Suppose that the perfectly competitive market with no government intervention achieves equilibrium at point A.If the social marginal costs and social marginal benefits are represented by MC2 and MB0,respectively,then the competitive equilibrium quantity is

• A)too low for allocative efficiency.
• B)consistent with allocative efficiency.
• C)too high for allocative efficiency.
• D)not enough information to determine allocative efficiency.

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