A government intervenes in the marketplace when it believes that the benefits are _____ the costs. greater than less than the same as

I believe the answer is: Greater

For example, let's say that there is a company that make vehicles with no pollutant for the environment.

The government in this situation might provide the company with incentives with the reason that the amount of incentive is smaller compared to the amount of expense that the government had to spend to fix the damage to the environment.