The socially optimal quantity of a public good is reached when the
a. total positive externality is maximized
b. total negative externality equals total positive externality
c. total negative externality equals the tax revenue
d. total negative externality is minimized
e. total tax revenue is minimized
C
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Which of the following statements correctly identifies a similarity between monopoly and perfect competition?
A) Entry is restricted in both market structures. B) Price equals marginal cost in both market structures. C) Production is expanded until marginal revenue equals marginal cost in both the market structures. D) Firms face an upward sloping demand curve and a downward sloping marginal revenue curve in both the market structures.
Which of the following will occur if a legal price floor is placed on a good below its freemarket equilibrium?
What will be an ideal response?
Which is not a reason Usury laws are often politically popular?
A. Few people sympathize with banks and other lenders who are suspected of price gouging. B. Consumers are in favor of the lower lending rates. C. The lower rates allow people to borrow more. D. Lenders, not the Usury laws, are often blamed by people who do not get loans.
Recall the Application about the effects of increasing state level Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on child health in the United States to answer the following question(s).Recall the Application. How does EITC affect government health expenditures?
A. EITC raises private insurance coverage, causing a corresponding decrease in public health insurance expenditures in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). B. EITC has no effect on public health insurance expenditures in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). C. EITC raises private insurance coverage and a similar increase in public health insurance expenditures in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). D. EITC lowers private insurance coverage, causing a corresponding increase in public health insurance expenditures in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).