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tsand2

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The reason externalities distort the allocation of resources is that
 a. too few goods are usually produced.
  b. firms often go out of business because of the externality.
  c. a firm's private costs do not reflect the social cost of production.
  d. regulating externalities uses scarce resources.

Question 2

Each of the following factors might interfere with the efficiency of perfect competition except:
 a. increasing returns to scale.
  b. imperfect price information.
  c. externalities.
  d. diminishing returns to scale.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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tsand2

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