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

question 11

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 expected cost to producers of this product due to unreasonable jury awards in frivolous lawsuits were greater than the external cost per unit produced, the quantity of the good produced by this competitive industry would be

• A)greater Q* units.
• B)greater than the socially optimal quantity but less than Q* units.
• C)equal to the socially optimal quantity.
• D)less than the socially optimal quantity.

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