The Economic Rationale Behind Effluent Fees Is

question 19

Multiple Choice

The economic rationale behind effluent fees is

• A) to eliminate all pollution.
• B) to create external diseconomies.
• C) to expand the role of regulatory agencies.
• D) unsound because the private market system is not given the freedom to eliminate the pollution problem.
• E) to bring the private cost of waste disposal closer to the social cost.

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