If a good has an external benefit, efficiency can be achieved by

A) leaving the market unregulated.
B) monopolizing the market.
C) offering a private subsidy on the good equal to the external benefit.
D) imposing a tax on the good equal to the external benefit.

C

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If the utility function (U) between food (F) and clothing (C) can be represented as U = , the marginal utility of food

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