If the marginal social cost of a good is $70 and the marginal external cost is $20, what does the marginal private cost equal?
What will be an ideal response?
The marginal social cost equals the marginal private cost plus the marginal external cost. Hence, substituting in the numbers from the problem gives $70 = marginal private cost + $20, so that the marginal private cost = $50.
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