If benefit functions for a public good could be identified accurately, incremental benefits would be measured as
a. the area under the MSB function between the pre- and post-policy abatement levels.
b. the area under the TSB function between the pre- and post-policy abatement levels.
c. a horizontal distance on the MSB model corresponding to the pre- and post-policy abatement levels
d. none of the above
a. the area under the MSB function between the pre- and post-policy abatement levels.
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