Nancy loves to landscape her yard, but her neighbor Tom places a low value on his landscaping. When Tom's grass is neglected and gets long, Nancy will mow for Tom. This is an example of:
a. the fallacy of composition
b. a pollution tax.
c. a private solution to a negative externality problem.
d. how lazy Tom is.
c
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