If a Firm's Production Process Generates External Costs, the Firm

question 79

Multiple Choice

If a firm's production process generates external costs, the firm will produce the socially efficient level of the output if the government imposes a tax equal to the marginal

• A) damage cost.
• B) private cost.
• C) benefit.
• D) social cost.

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