A Tax on Polluting Firms

question 96

Multiple Choice

A tax on polluting firms

• A)would shift the LRAC curve upward.
• B)would shift the LRAC curve downward.
• C)would have the same impact on the firm as a subsidy.
• D)tends to have the perverse effect of increasing pollution.

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