Refer to the Figure Below

question 93

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure below. This graph suggests that the private market provides incentives to:

• A)eliminate the externalities generated by paper production.
• B)under-produce paper relative to the social optimum.
• C)over-produce paper relative to the social optimum.
• D)over-price paper relative to the social optimum.

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