FIGURE 16-1 -Refer to Figure 16-1. Suppose That the Perfectly Competitive Market

question 12

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 MC0 and MB1, respectively, then there exists

• A) an external benefit.
• B) an external cost.
• C) an external benefit and an external cost.
• D) a social cost that exceeds the private cost.
• E) no external benefits or costs.

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