Some policymakers have argued that products like cigarettes, alcohol, and sweetened soda generate negative externalities in consumption. If the government decided to impose a tax on soda, the government will cause
A) producers to internalize the externality.
B) the external cost to drinking soda to become a private cost paid by the government.
C) consumers to internalize the externality.
D) the external cost to drinking soda to become a private cost paid by producers.
C
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