alleryStart learning →What did Pigou recommend to curb over-production causing external harm?
AAn import quota
BA subsidy for output
CA tax on the producer
DA guaranteed price
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. A tax on the producer
Taxing the offending producer makes it pay for the harm and cuts the quantity produced.
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