The Socially Optimal Amount of Pollution Abatement Occurs Where Society's

question 196

Multiple Choice

The socially optimal amount of pollution abatement occurs where society's marginal

• A)benefit of abatement exceeds its marginal cost of abatement by the greatest amount.
• B)benefit of abatement equals its marginal cost of abatement.
• C)benefit of abatement is zero.
• D)cost of abatement is at its maximum.

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