When Airplanes Take Off and Land at Logan Airport, Residents

question 173

Multiple Choice

When airplanes take off and land at Logan airport, residents of East Boston complain about the noise. The same planes make the same noise during the trip to Boston from Paris, but there are no ____ for most of the trip because ____.

• A) jet sounds; noise doesn't travel at high altitudes
• B) third parties; there are no externalities
• C) externalities; there are no third parties
• D) complaints; airplanes are insulated
• E) free riders; passengers must pay to board the plane

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