The Optimal Level of Air Quality

question 179

Multiple Choice

The optimal level of air quality

• A)is always zero
• B)occurs when the marginal social cost of air quality exceeds the marginal social benefit
• C)is greater if the marginal social benefit curve of air quality shifts rightward
• D)occurs when positive externalities are eliminated
• E)eliminates the common pool problem

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