Use the Following to Answer Question 117

question 154

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question 117:
Figure: Marginal Social Cost and Supply
-(Figure: Marginal Social Cost and Supply) Use Figure: Marginal Social Cost and Supply.The marginal social cost curve lies above the supply curve:

• A) because the marginal social benefit is greater for a common resource.
• B) and the efficient quantity of this common resource is point E.
• C) because the marginal social cost includes the cost to society of depleting this common resource.
• D) because this is a public good.

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