-The Expected Damage to Innocent Third Parties Per Unit of the Good

question 37

Multiple Choice

-The expected damage to innocent third parties per unit of the good produced is shown as the "external cost" in Figure 27.1. An unregulated competitive market for the product produces a quantity of Q* units, which sell for a price of P* per unit. If the competitive market price reflected the full social cost per unit of producing and consuming this product (i.e., both private and external costs) , the quantity produced by this competitive industry would be

• A)Q* units.
• B)Q′ units.
• C)Q′-Q* units.
• D)zero units.

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