When a government charges firms for the privilege of polluting, a typical result is a rise in the market price of the good or service produced by those firms. Consequently, consumers of the good or service usually have to pay a higher price to obtain it. Why might this be socially desirable? Part 2 A. Consumers will be paying a price that more closely reflects the social costs of resources used to produce the good. B. Producers will be able to use revenue from the higher price to finance pollution abatement. C. The increase in price will be a uniform adjustment across all consumers. D. None of the above