Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 10

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution
-(Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution) In the figure The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution, the optimal level of pollution is:

• A) zero, since no pollution is best for society.
• B) where the marginal social benefit curve intersects the quantity axis.
• C) where the marginal social cost curve intersects the quantity axis.
• D) where the marginal social benefit curve intersects the marginal social cost curve.

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