Beginning from a Situation Where There Were No Clear Property

question 116

Multiple Choice

Beginning from a situation where there were no clear property rights to clean air and water:

• A)​subsidies could not improve efficiency in cases of external benefits.
• B)​subsidies could not improve efficiency in cases of external costs.
• C)​taxes could not improve efficiency in cases of external costs.
• D)​neither external benefits nor external costs could improve efficiency in either the case of external benefits or the case of external costs.

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Definitions:

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