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Subject - Economics:

Microeconomics

MCQ - 13-4023

Question:

When the production or consumption of a good creates a positive externality, it is deemed a market failure because at the market quantity

  1. the marginal social benefit exceeds the marginal social cost.
  2. the marginal social cost exceeds the marginal social benefit.
  3. society produces too much of the good.
  4. the marginal social cost exceeds the marginal social benefit.
  5. a surplus of the good always exists without government intervention.

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Market equilibrium occurs where marginal private benefit equals marginal cost to society. With a positive externality, the MSB > MPB at the market quantity.

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