When a single person (or small group) has the ability to influence market prices, there is

a. competition.
b. market power.
c. an externality.
d. a lack of property rights.


Answer: b. market power.

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If the United States and other developed nations pay the cost of reducing carbon emissions from the atmosphere, developing nations such as India could benefit from the reduction while not contributing to it

In this sense, reducing carbon emissions is essentially a A) public good. B) private good. C) club good. D) transactions good.

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