Figure 10-10 -Refer to Figure 10-10. a Decrease in Output from 160

question 327

Multiple Choice

Figure 10-10
-Refer to Figure 10-10. A decrease in output from 160 units to 120 units would

• A)move the market from a socially efficient outcome to a socially inefficient outcome.
• B)reduce the external cost per unit of output.
• C)increase total economic well-being.
• D)not be an action of which a benevolent social planner would approve.

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