When negative externalities are present, the firm's internal costs always

a. exceed the firm's external costs
b. are less than the firm's external costs
c. equal the firm's external costs
d. understate the actual cost of using society's resources producing the good
e. overstate the actual cost of using society's resources producing the good


D

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