Consumer Response to Prices Below Social Marginal Cost
In many market situations involving externalities, individuals and firms respond to market prices that are substantially lower than the full social marginal costs. This reaction to artificially low prices results in inefficient outcomes, such as overconsumption, because the price signal does not accurately reflect the true societal impact of the economic activity.
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