Figure: Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork (Figure: Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork) Refer to the figure Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork.If the socially optimal production of pigs is 200, the government could achieve the socially optimal production by imposing a Pigouvian tax of:
A)$400.
B)$300.
C)$250.
D)$200.

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Figure: Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork  (Figure: Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork) Refer to the figure Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork.If the socially optimal production of pigs is 200, the government could achieve the socially optimal production by imposing a Pigouvian tax of:
A)$400. 
B)$300. 
C)$250. 
D)$200.

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The Answer of Figure: Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork  (Figure: Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork) Refer to the figure Negative Externalities and Raising Pigs for Pork.If the socially optimal production of pigs is 200, the government could achieve the socially optimal production by imposing a Pigouvian tax of:
A)$400. 
B)$300. 
C)$250. 
D)$200.