Multiple Choice
If a good's production process results in pollution and the government taxes producers to pay for cleanup costs, then
A) consumers will purchase more of the good.
B) the price of the good will decrease.
C) supply will decrease.
D) more resources will be devoted to the product.
E) the quantity of the good produced will increase.
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