If the production of computer chips yields greater technology spillovers than the production of potato chips, the government should

a. encourage the production of computer chips with subsidies.
b. discourage the production of potato chips with taxes.
c. encourage the production of potato chips with subsidies.
d. discourage the production of computer chips with taxes.


a

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