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Test Bank to accompany Rosen ’s Public Finance, Seventh Edition Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 - Externalities Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Reducing output from the privately optimal level to the socially optimal level will a) cause a loss of consumption to consumers. b) reduce marginal damages. c) reduce the production costs. d) cause all of the above. 2. Marginal damages are hard to measure because a) they can be generated from multiple sources. b) they are hard to graph. c) they happen over time. d) no one cares about them. 3. In Figure 5.4, if the marginal damages line did not originate at 0, a) it would mean that marginal damages did not exist. b) there is no way to find MSC. c) MSC would not originate at the same intercept as MPC. d) then all of the above. 4. Externalities can be positive because a) marginal damages do not last over time. b) utility can be impacted positively as well as negatively. c) there is no concept for marginal benefit. d) positive externalities are subsidies. 5. Refer to the graphs below. Which graph(s) represent(s) an externality? a) graph A b) graphs A and B c) graph B d) neither graph A nor graph B A B 1 Test Bank to accompany Rosen ’s Public Finance, Seventh Edition Chapter 5 6. Refer to Figure 5.7 in the textbook. What does it mean if all firms have to reduce to a (Z * X *) poin