FIGURE 16-1 -Refer to Figure 16-1.Suppose That the Perfectly Competitive Market with Market

question 11

Multiple Choice

FIGURE 16-1
-Refer to Figure 16-1.Suppose that the perfectly competitive market with no government intervention achieves equilibrium at point A.If the social marginal costs and social marginal benefits are represented by MC₀ and MB₁,respectively,then there exists

• A)an external benefit.
• B)an external cost.
• C)an external benefit and an external cost.
• D)a social cost that exceeds the private cost.
• E)no external benefits or costs.

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