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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/12 · May/June 2010 · Q151 Mark

What makes it particularly difficult to take decisions using cost-benefit analysis?

AExternal costs are difficult to estimate accurately.
BGovernments have no method of valuing time savings.
CMarket forces have no influence on the outcome.
DPrivate costs can vary from one day to the next.

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A: External costs are difficult to estimate accurately.

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Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, May/June 2010 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 15.

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