Multiple Choice
Private markets fail to account for externalities because
A) externalities don't occur in private markets.
B) sellers include costs associated with externalities in the price of their product.
C) decisionmakers in the market fail to include the costs of their behavior to third parties.
D) the government cannot easily estimate the optimal quantity of pollution.
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