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A negative externality or spillover cost (additional social cost) occurs when:

a. all firms fail to achieve productive efficiency. 

b. all firms to achieve allocative efficiency. 

c. the price of a good exceeds the marginal cost of producing it.

d. the total cost of producing a good exceeds the costs borne by the producer. 

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