Assume that the MC of producing steel does not include the cost of the damage to the environment as a result of producing steel. By producing at the quantity where P=MC, steel firms will be producing:      a   the socially efficient amount of steel        b   less than the socially efficient amount of steel   c   less than the free-market equilibrium quantity of steel

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Assume that the MC of producing steel does not include the cost of the damage to the environment as a result of producing steel. By producing at the quantity where P=MC, steel firms will be producing:   

 

a  

the socially efficient amount of steel     

 

b  

less than the socially efficient amount of steel

 

c  

less than the free-market equilibrium quantity of steel

 

d  

more than the socially efficient amount of steel     

 

e  

a zero quantity of steel

 

 

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