Assume That Price Underestimates the Value That Society Places on the Flu

question 100

Multiple Choice

Assume that price underestimates the value that society places on the flu vaccine. If firms produce where P = MC, firms will be producing

• A) the socially efficient amount of flu vaccine.
• B) more than the socially efficient amount of flu vaccine
• C) less than the socially efficient amount of flu vaccine.
• D) so that consumer surplus is zero.

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