The Problem with Using Command and Control Policies to Eliminate

question 6

Multiple Choice

The problem with using command and control policies to eliminate external costs is that there are typically many methods to achieve a goal and:

• A) consumers may be reluctant to follow.
• B) the situation may be difficult for the government to control.
• C) the goal itself may not necessarily be the socially optimal outcome.
• D) the government may not have enough information to choose the least costly methods.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned through association with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without any prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral signal that, upon being linked with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately elicits a conditioned reaction.