Consider a Setting in Which There Is a Negative Externality,but

question 73

Multiple Choice

Consider a setting in which there is a negative externality,but no positive externality.The market outcome is __________________; government can bring about the ___________________ outcome if it sets a tax equal to the __________________.

• A) efficient; inefficient; MSC
• B) efficient; inefficient; MEC
• C) inefficient; efficient; MEC
• D) inefficient; efficient; MPC
• E) inefficient; efficient; MSB

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Definitions:

Battery

An intentional unconsented physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with another person's body.

Assault

A deliberate action taken by an individual that causes someone else to fear immediate harmful or offensive physical interaction.

Coercive Persuasion

A psychological technique aimed at changing a person's beliefs or behaviors against their will through pressure and force.

Emotional Sympathy

The capacity to understand, share, and be affected by the feelings and emotions of another individual.