If a Production Process Generates Pollution,then a Competitive Market Will

question 86

Multiple Choice

If a production process generates pollution,then a competitive market will produce more of the good than is socially optimal because

• A) firms take all costs into consideration.
• B) firms incur all costs of production but ignore some of them.
• C) firms ignore the costs of production that they do not incur.
• D) firms set price equal to social marginal cost.

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