6. Public Economics and Policy

Externalities — Quiz

Test your understanding of externalities with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following describes the concept of \text{socially optimal quantity} in a market with externalities?

Question 2

When a positive externality in production exists, which of the following is true regarding the relationship between the \text{private cost} and the \text{social cost} of production?

Question 3

A government issues \text{tradable pollution permits} to factories. This policy is primarily designed to address which of the following?

Question 4

Which of the following is a key characteristic of a \text{Pigouvian tax}?

Question 5

Consider a market for a good that generates a negative externality. If the government imposes a per-unit tax on this good, what happens to the \text{private cost} of production and the \text{equilibrium quantity}?
Externalities Quiz — High School Economics | A-Warded