When Using Pollution Charges to Improve Efficiency in a Market

question 134

Multiple Choice

When using pollution charges to improve efficiency in a market with an external cost,regulators attempt to set the pollution charge equal to the

• A) marginal social cost of production.
• B) marginal external cost of production.
• C) marginal private cost of production.
• D) marginal private benefit of consumption.
• E) marginal external benefit minus the marginal external cost.

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