When Wealthy Alumni Provide Charitable Contributions to Their Universities to Reduce

question 38

Multiple Choice

When wealthy alumni provide charitable contributions to their universities to reduce the tuition payments of current students, it is an example of

• A) an attempt to internalise a positive externality.
• B) an attempt to internalise a negative externality.
• C) a Pigovian tax.
• D) a command-and-control policy.

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