As a General Rule, If Pollution Costs Are External, Firms

question 9

Multiple Choice

As a general rule, if pollution costs are external, firms will produce

• A) too little of a polluting good.
• B) too much of a polluting good.
• C) an optimal amount of a polluting good.
• D) cannot be determined without additional information.

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