Multiple Choice
If the costs of negotiation are small but not negligible,
A) the best available outcome results if the liability is placed on the party with the lowest cost of prevention.
B) an efficient outcome results no matter how the law assigns responsibility.
C) efficiency cannot be reached without government intervention.
D) the best way to deal with the externality is to tax it.
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