Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 62

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: Model of a Competitive Market
-(Figure: Model of a Competitive Market) Given the figure Model of a Competitive Market, if there are external costs:

• A) resources will be underallocated to the production of the good.
• B) resources will be overallocated to the production of the good.
• C) resources will be efficiently allocated to the production of the good.
• D) the price at P will be higher than if there were no external costs.

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Compounded Annually

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