Recently, the State of Tennessee discovered chemical compounds in their drinking water which may cause cancer. Since Tennessee's drinking water comes from the Pigeon River in North Carolina, the source of these chemicals is the waste discharges of industrial paper plants in North Carolina. This is an example of a(n) :
A) external cost imposed on the citizens of Tennessee by the industrial plants of North Carolina.
B) market failure where the market price of the output of these industrial plants does not fully reflect the social cost of producing these goods.
C) externality where the marginal social costs of producing these industrial goods differ from the marginal private costs.
D) all of these.
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Q1: Suppose a state discovered chemical compounds in
Q2: Negative externalities:
A) are found only in large
Q3: Negative externalities impose most of their costs:
A)
Q4: If some firms internalize their external costs
Q5: To maximize social welfare in the presence
Q7: The costs of an economic activity borne
Q8: At the market output and price for
Q9: If firms pollute when they produce:
A) marginal
Q10: Which of the following best describes social
Q12: The socially efficient level of output is
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