If the Demand Curve Fails to Capture All of the Benefits

question 139

Multiple Choice

If the demand curve fails to capture all of the benefits of consumption, then the:

• A)equilibrium price will be efficient but the equilibrium quantity will be inefficiently large.
• B)equilibrium price will be inefficiently low.
• C)government needs to impose regulations that require more consumption.
• D)equilibrium price will be inefficiently high.

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