The Additional Cost Imposed on Society as a Whole by an Additional

question 191

Multiple Choice

The additional cost imposed on society as a whole by an additional unit of pollution is:

• A)the marginal social benefit of pollution.
• B)the marginal social cost of pollution.
• C)the optimal Pigouvian tax.
• D)a technology spillover.

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