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When producing a good generates external costs, the private market for that good tends to produce too: Much of the product at too low a price Much of the product at too high a price Little of the product at too low a price Little of the product at too high a price When external benefits occur in the production of a particular product, the private market tends to provide: None of the product Too much of the product Too little of the product The socially optimal amount of the product It is the custom for paper mills located alongside the Layzee River to discharge waste products into the river. As a result, operators of hydroelectric power-generating plants downstream along the river find that they must clean up the river's water before it flows through their equipment. In the situation described above, we would expect an: Overproduction of paper in the mills Underproduction of paper in the mills External cost resulting from the production of hydroelectric power Attainment of allocative efficiency in the market

Explanation / Answer

12)supply curve for the good will understate the true social cost of producing the good

(A) Toomuch of the product at too low a price

13) (c) Too little of the product

14)C