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Match each of the following characteristics or scenarios with either the term negative externality or the term positive externality. a. Overallocation of resources. b. Tammy installs a very nice front garden, raising the property values of all the other houses on her block. c. Market demand curves are too far to the left (too low). d. Underallocation of resources. e. Water pollution from a factory forces neighbors to buy water purifiers.

Use marginal cost/marginal benefit analysis to determine if the following statement is true or false: "The optimal amount of pollution abatement for some substances, say, dirty water from storm drains, is very low; the optimal amount of abatement for other substances, say, cyanide poison, is close to 100 percent."