Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.4

7.4 — practice question

Medical researchers have suggested that consuming too many sugary drinks is harmful to health. Which market failures could be addressed if the government intervened by introducing a tax on the sale of sugary drinks?

  • Anegative externalities of consumption: no; negative externalities of production: yes; over-consumption of demerit goods: yes
  • Bnegative externalities of consumption: yes; negative externalities of production: yes; over-consumption of demerit goods: no
  • Cnegative externalities of consumption: yes; negative externalities of production: no; over-consumption of demerit goods: yes
  • Dnegative externalities of consumption: yes; negative externalities of production: no; over-consumption of demerit goods: no

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