First, at its optimum output the firm charges a price that exceeds marginal costs, The MC firm maximizes profits where marginal revenue = marginal cost.
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Since it is not possible to find the optimum output level, it is not possible to find the optimum Pigovian tax level to achieve that optimum.
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Even if a measurement of the psychological effect of some externality did exist, it would be impossible to collect that data for all individuals affected and then find the optimum output level.
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Optimum output-efficiency in the visual range is obtained at a density that favors " greybody radiation " ( an arc that produces mostly continuum emission, but is still mostly translucent to its own light ).