The Failure of Markets to Adequately Protect the Environment Can

question 191

Multiple Choice

The failure of markets to adequately protect the environment can viewed either as a problem of

• A)externalities or as a problem of common resources.
• B)externalities or as a problem of private goods.
• C)the overprovision of public goods or as a problem of the underprovision of private goods.
• D)club goods or as a problem that arises when the quantity of excludable goods exceeds the socially-efficient quantity.

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