Markets Tend to Underallocate Resources to the Production of a Good

question 335

Multiple Choice

Markets tend to underallocate resources to the production of a good when

• A) there are negative externalities.
• B) there are positive externalities.
• C) there are public goods produced.
• D) equilibrium occurs.

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