The Socially Optimal Level of a Product That Produces Pollution

question 119

Multiple Choice

The socially optimal level of a product that produces pollution

• A) is the minimum of the average cost curve.
• B) includes only the private costs of the production of the product; pollution is dealt with separately.
• C) is the level at which there is elimination of all pollution.
• D) incorporates both the private and the social costs of production.

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