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To encourage consumption of a good that generates a positive externality, the BEST option ? penalize firms through higher taxes unless they produce the socially optimal level of output. ? mandate consumption of the good at the socially optimal level of output.

          To encourage consumption of a good that generates a positive externality, the BEST option
? penalize firms through higher taxes unless they produce the socially optimal level of output.
? mandate consumption of the good at the socially optimal level of output.

To encourage consumption of a good that generates a positive externality, the BEST option
? penalize firms through higher taxes unless they produce the socially optimal level of output.
? mandate consumption of the good at the socially optimal level of output.

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Principles of Economics

Gregory Mankiw 8th Edition

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11/22/2023

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