There is a positive consumption externality of 18 per year


The private marginal benefit a person derives from a year of education is given by PMB = 110 - 6Q, where Q is the number of years spent in school. The private marginal cost per year of education is given by PMC = 20. There is a positive consumption externality of $18 per year of school attended. Which of the following statements is true?

The market equilibrium is efficient.

In the market equilibrium everyone gets 15 years of education.

In the market equilibrium everyone gets 18 years of education.

In the socially efficient equilibrium everyone gets 15 years of education.

a and b are true.

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