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1
When a firm is able to pollute, its product will be underpriced and overproduced.
A)True
B)False
2
The optimal level of pollution is zero.
A)True
B)False
3
The costs of pollution control to a society are measured by the value of the goods and services that must be given up to have the control.
A)True
B)False
4
An increase in a tax per unit of pollution discharge will decrease the amount of pollution.
A)True
B)False
5
If polluters were forced to pay the full cost of their activities, the price of goods produced by polluting firms would rise.
A)True
B)False
6
Incentives to pollute stem from an absence of property rights in the environment and the collectively consumed nature of whatever is being polluted.
A)True
B)False
7
The most efficient way of controlling pollution is direct prohibition of polluting activities by the government.
A)True
B)False
8
Complete elimination of pollution would only make economic sense if the cost to eliminate the last unit of pollution is less than the benefit from its elimination.
A)True
B)False
9
When pollution rights markets are created, those firms that can reduce pollution most cheaply will do so.
A)True
B)False
10
Polluting firms tend to charge prices below what would exist without pollution.
A)True
B)False





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