Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.4

7.4 — practice question

When the private benefit gained from an activity is higher than the private cost, yet the social benefit from that same activity is lower than the social cost, what must be true about the activity?

  • Aexternal benefit = external cost
  • Bexternal benefit > external cost
  • Cexternal benefit < external cost
  • Dexternal benefit > private benefit

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