When the production of a good creates an external cost, one method of achieving the efficient allocation is to impose a tax such that

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When the production of a good creates an external cost, imposing a tax equal to the external cost aligns the private marginal cost (MC) with the social marginal cost (MSC), thus achieving an efficient allocation. This is represented as MC + tax = MSC.

When the Production of a Good Creates an External Cost