Ch 9 - Market Failure 

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Negative Externalities

________: are the ‘ bad effects that are suffered by the third party, for which.

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Sustainability Sustainable development

________ is where consumption needs of the present.

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Tradable permits

________ is a market- based solution to negative externalities of production.

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Generation

________ are met without reducing the ability to meet the needs of future ________.

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maximum amount of pollution

Are permits to pollute, issued by government, which sets a(n) ________.

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Public goods

________ are goods or services which would be under- provided or not provided at all.

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Market failure

________ occurs when resources arent allocated in an optimal manner, meaning.

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Merit goods

________ are goods or services considered to be beneficial for people who use them.

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Demerit goods

________ are goods or services considered to be harmful to people who consume.

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Private cost

cost on you, as a consumer

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Private benefit

benefit for you, as a consumer

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External cost

cost on other people because of you

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External benefit

other peoples benefit because of you

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Social cost

private and external cost

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Social benefit

private and external benefit

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Marginal social cost (MSC)

total cost society pays for the production of another unit of taking further action in the economy

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Marginal social benefit (MSB)

individuals social benefit, plus overall benefit to society from one additional unit of production

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Externalities

when a production or consumption of a good has an effect on third party occurrence

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Negative Externalities

are the ‘bad effects that are suffered by the third party, for which

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Market failure

occurs when resources aren’t allocated in an optimal manner, meaning

that the market isn’t allocatively efficient, and community surplus isn’t maximized.

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Public goods

are goods or services which would be under-provided or not provided at all

by the free market.

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