Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.4

7.4 — practice question

The diagram presents the marginal private benefit (MPB), the marginal private cost (MPC) and the marginal social cost (MSC) for a firm that makes chemicals. Under a free market, the price is set at P1. Which quantity shows the extent of chemical overproduction caused by the negative production externality?

  • AQ1,Q2
  • BQ1,Q3
  • CQ2,Q3
  • DQ3,Q4

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