The figure above shows the costs associated with producing paper. When paper is produced, there is some pollution runoff into a lake
According to the Coase Theorem, if the transactions costs are low and there are only a few people involved, the output will equal ________ tons of paper if ________ own the lake. A) 3; only the lakeside residents
B) 3; either the firms or lakeside residents
C) 4; the firms
D) 4; either the firms or lakeside residents
B
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A) the price and marginal private benefit B) the economically efficient output C) the price and the marginal social benefit D) the size of the deadweight loss
When the existing firms in a competitive industry have different operating costs:
a. the highest-cost firm in operation breaks even, while the low cost firms will earn profit. b. the highest-cost firm in operation breaks even, while the low cost firms leave the industry. c. the low cost firms earn a larger profit than the high-cost firms. d. the highest-cost firms will incur a deadweight loss.