The gas-guzzler tax that is placed on new vehicles that are very fuel inefficient is an example of ?

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An externality is ?

A. the benefit that accrues to the buyer in a market B. the cost that accrues to the seller in a market C. none of these answers D. the compensation paid to a firm’s external consultants. E. The uncompensated impact of one person’s actions on the well-being of a bystander...

When wealthy alumni provide charitable contributions to their universities to reduce the tuition payments of current students it is an example of ?

A. an attempt to internalize a positive externality B. an attempt to internalize a negative externality C. a Pigouvian tax D. a command-and-control policy...

A negative externality (that has not been internalized) causes the ?

A. optimal quantity to exceed the equilibrium quantity. B. equilibrium quantity to be either above or below the optimal quantity C. equilibrium quantity to equal the optimal quantity D. equilibrium quantity to exceed the optimal quantity...

To internalize a negative externality an appropriate public policy response would be to ?

A. have the government take over the production of the good causing the externality B. ban the production of all goods creating negative externalities C. tax the good D. subsidize the good...

When an individual buys a car in a congested urban area, it generates ?

A. a positive externality B. a technology spillover C. an efficient market outcome. D. a negative externality...