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Markets can only account forcosts and surpluses.

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private
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social
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public
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Solution

The correct option is A private
An assumption about perfectly competitive markets is that only the parties involved in a transaction are affected by the transaction. Hence, markets cannot account for external costs and surpluses. By extension, it can also not account for social costs and surpluses.

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