Because a monopoly will produce less of a good than a competitive market will,welfare is always greater under monopoly than under competition in the presence of a negative externality.

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If monopoly produces more than the social optimum,then it does generate greater welfare than competition.If monopoly produces less than the social optimum,then it may or may not generate greater welfare.

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