If a Profit-Maximizing Perfectly Competitive Firm Does Not Have to Compensate

question 15

Multiple Choice

If a profit-maximizing perfectly competitive firm does not have to compensate society for a negative externality, the firm will choose to produce where

• A) price equals marginal cost.
• B) price equals marginal social cost.
• C) marginal cost equals marginal social cost.
• D) marginal revenue equals marginal social cost.

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