To determine the optimal level of output in a market with negative externalities, a benevolent social planner would look for the level of output at which private cost equals private value.

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A benevolent social planner would look for the level of output at which social cost equals social value, taking into account both private costs/values and the costs of negative externalities.

To Determine the Optimal Level of Output in a Market