When a positive externality exists, _______________________ and thus _______________ intervention may be needed to achieve efficiency
A) external costs are necessarily greater than private costs; government
B) social costs equal private costs; no government
C) social costs are less than private costs; government
D) social costs are greater than private costs; government
E) none of the above
C
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When there is an expansionary gap, inflation will ________, in response to which the Federal Reserve will ________ real interest rates, and output will ________.
A. decline; lower; expand B. increase; raise; decline C. decline; lower; decline D. decline; raise; decline
List the five categories of federal government expenditures
What will be an ideal response?
Firm A producing one good acquires another firm B producing another good. The cross price elasticity of demand for the goods owned by each firm is -1.4 . Holding other things constant, the acquiring firm should
a. Raise prices on both goods b. Lower prices on both goods c. Raise price on the acquired good only d. Need more information
A supply schedule is a table that shows the relationship between
a. price and quantity supplied. b. input costs and quantity supplied. c. quantity demanded and quantity supplied. d. profit and quantity supplied.