A Negative Externality Will Cause a Private Market to Produce

question 476

Multiple Choice

A negative externality will cause a private market to produce

• A)less than is socially desirable.
• B)more than is socially desirable.
• C)exactly the quantity that is socially desirable.
• D)less than the same market would produce in the presence of a positive externality.

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