In a Situation in Which Internal Costs Differ from Social

question 224

Multiple Choice

In a situation in which internal costs differ from social costs, we say that there exists a(n)

• A) welfare loss.
• B) welfare benefit.
• C) internality.
• D) externality.

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Definitions:

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