Society Is Likely to Over-Allocate Resources to Produce Goods That

question 233

Multiple Choice

Society is likely to over-allocate resources to produce goods that

• A) are public goods.
• B) are merit goods.
• C) generate positive externalities.
• D) generate negative externalities.

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