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C13 Microeconomics Online Exams 1-8 Answers (Ashworth College)

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B. a monetary payment from the government<br />

C. a reduction in the original price of the good<br />

D. the fact that you paid $50 less than you were willing to pay for the<br />

good<br />

Part 1 of 2 - Lesson 4<br />

Questions<br />

47.5/ 50.0 Points<br />

Question 1 of 402.5/ 2.5 Points<br />

Reductions in pollution from a specific starting level of existing pollution is called __________ .<br />

A. abatement<br />

B. the EPA<br />

C. command and<br />

control<br />

D. usage tax<br />

Question 2 of 402.5/ 2.5 Points<br />

When the government taxes a firm that generates an external cost, the profit maximizing firm<br />

will produce __________ .<br />

A. more units of output than before the tax was imposed<br />

B. the same number of units of output as before the tax was imposed<br />

C. fewer units of output than before the tax was imposed<br />

D. either more or fewer units of output than before the tax was<br />

imposed<br />

Question 3 of 402.5/ 2.5 Points<br />

The idea behind the pollution tax equal to the external cost per unit of pollution is to<br />

__________ .

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