If Air Pollution Comes from Multiple Sources and Causes Many

question 13

Multiple Choice

If air pollution comes from multiple sources and causes many people to suffer, then an efficient agreement among the parties is difficult to achieve because

• A) production costs would be high.
• B) pollution costs are high.
• C) transaction costs are high.
• D) social costs are high.

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