Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 159

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: Efficiency and Pollution
-(Figure: Efficiency and Pollution) Look at the figure Efficiency and Pollution. If the government imposed an environmental standard that did not allow the quantity of pollution to exceed 20 tons, there would be:

• A) a socially optimal quantity of pollution.
• B) too little pollution, because its marginal social benefit would exceed its marginal social cost.
• C) too much pollution, because its marginal social cost would exceed its marginal social benefit.
• D) too much pollution, because any pollution is too much from an economist's perspective.

Recognize the consolidation process and its effects on the balance sheet and income statement.

Understand the requirements and effects of depreciating and amortizing the assets of a subsidiary in consolidation.

Understand the principles of effective communication and media relations in public administration.

Identify the levels of organizational structure and their functions within public administration.

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