Economics, Student Value Edition (7th Edition)
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Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.2.5PA
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The deadweight loss relative to marginal cost and benefit.
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Economics, Student Value Edition (7th Edition)
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