Private Costs Are Those Costs That Fall

question 123

Multiple Choice

Private costs are those costs that fall:

• A)directly on an economic decision maker.
• B)indirectly on an economic decision maker.
• C)without compensation on someone other than the person who caused them.
• D)in external costs,not counting social costs.

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Definitions:

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