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Why is a price change NOT an externality?
Select one:
a. A price change affects bystanders, not market participants.
b. A price change does NOT change total costs or benefits, it only changes who buys the good.
c. A change in price changes the marginal benefit of a good but does NOT change who buys and sells the good.
d. A price change redistributes costs but not benefits.
Which of the following is an example of an externality?
a.
a flu shot that prevents a student from transmitting the virus to her roommate.
b.
John smoking cigarettes affecting his own health.
c.
my beautiful flower garden that increases the value of my property.
d.
all of the above are correct.
The tragedy of the commons occurs when:
a. There are deadweight losses due to a population externality.
b. Goods are undersupplied because of the free rider problem.
c. Choices are individually rational but correctively inefficient.
d. Externalities occurs because property rights are not clearly assigned.
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