If a good is produced up to the point where marginal social benefit equals marginal social cost, then:
A. social welfare is maximized.
B. the good is overproduced and the market is inefficient.
C. firms are earning zero profits.
D. all externalities have been eliminated.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
Quick Buck and Pushy Sales produce and sell identical products and face zero marginal and average cost. Below is the market demand curve for their product. 
Suppose Quick Buck and Pushy Sales decide to collude and work together as a monopolist with each firm producing half the quantity demanded by the market at the monopoly price. If Quick Buck cheats by reducing its price to $1 while Pushy Sales continues to comply with the collusive agreement, then Quick Buck's economic profit will be ________.
A. $3,000 B. $6,000 C. $4,000 D. $2,000
Because of the recognition internationally of the principles of national sovereignty, nations cannot be affected by the policies of other nations and international governmental organizations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If a country produces good Y (measured on the vertical axis) and good X (measured on the horizontal axis), then the absolute value of the slope of its production possibility frontier is equal to
A) the opportunity cost of good X. B) the price of good X divided by the price of good Y. C) the price of good Y divided by the price of good X. D) the opportunity cost of good Y. E) the cost of capital (assuming that good Y is capital intensive) divided by the cost of labor.
According to the Monetarists, "Policy activism" is difficult if not impossible to perform successfully because
A) the timing of policy impacts on nominal GDP are known. B) the magnitude, size of impacts are known. C) the timing and magnitude of the impact of AD disturbances are known, forecasted with precision. D) Monetarists believe all of the above are correct.