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What did you study last time?
Chapter 9Externalities
Externalities Solutions
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Do you know …
the special characteristics of goods? the different types of goods? the importance of private property
rights? what public goods are? what common resources are?
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a. Excludability• When one person uses a
good/service, others are not able to use the same good/service.
• Only one person, often the owner, can use the good/service (due to private property rights).
• e.g. a car, a cone of ice cream, etc.
1. What are the special characteristics of goods/services?
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b. Nonexcludability• The same good/service is available
to all, i.e. everybody owns the good.
• e.g. police protection, the light, etc.
1. What are the special characteristics of goods/services?
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1. What are the special characteristics of goods/services?
c. Rivalry• When one person uses a
good/service, there is less of it for others.
• e.g. a car, an apple, etc.
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1. What are the special characteristics of goods/services?
d. Nonrivalry• The same amount of the
good/service is available to all.• e.g. the light, police protection, etc.
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2. What are the different types of goods?
a. Private goods
Excludable + rival, e.g. an apple, a car, etc.
b. Natural monopoliesExcludable + nonrival, e.g. cable TV, etc.
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2. What are the different types of goods?
c. Common resourcesNonexcludable + rival, e.g. environment, etc.
d. Public goodsNonexcludable + nonrival, e.g. national defense
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Summary Table
Private Goods. Ice-cream cones
. Clothing. Congested toll roads
Natural Monopolies. Fire protection
. Cable TV. Uncongested toll roads
Common Resources. Fish in the ocean. The environment
. Congested nontoll roads
Public Goods. Tornado siren
. National defense. Uncongested nontoll
roads
Yes No
Rival in consumption?
Yes
No
Excludable?
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3. Why are private property rights important?
In all cases, the market fails to allocate resources efficiently because property rights are not well-established.
i.e. some item of value does not have an owner with the legal authority to control it.
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3. Why are private property rights important?
When the absence of property rights causes a market failure, the government can potentially solve the problem.
e.g. sale of pollution permits, restriction on hunting seasons, etc.
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4. What are public goods?
What is a public good? What is the main problem involving
public goods? (The free-rider problem) Some examples of public goods How much should a public good be
provided? (Cost-benefit analysis)
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a. What is a public good?
A public good is a good that is neither excludable nor rival, e.g. firework displays
e.g. Everyone can watch the same firework display.
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b. What is the main problem involving public goods?
The free-rider problemBecause public goods are not excludable, people have the incentive to be free riders.
A free riderA person who receives the benefit of a good but avoids paying for it.
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b. What is the main problem involving public goods?
The free-rider problem prevents private markets from supplying public goods.
If the government decides that the total benefits exceed the costs, it can provide the public good and pay for it with tax revenue, making everyone better off.
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c. Some examples of public goods
National defense$1,200 per person in 2002 (U.S.)
Basic researchNSF subsidizes basic research in many fields.
Fighting povertyTemporary assistance to needy families, Food Stamp program, etc.
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d. How much should public goods be provided?
The Cost-Benefit analysisA study that compares the total costs and benefits to society of providing a public good.
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d. How much should public goods be provided?
The findings on the costs and benefits are rough approximation.
It is difficult to assess such things as:- the value of life, consumer’s time, and aesthetics.- WTP and WTR.
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5. What are common resources?
What is a common resource? What is the problem involving common
resources? (The tragedy of the commons)
Some important common resources
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a. What is a common resource?
A common resource is a good that is non- excludable, and yet rival, e.g. air, fish in the ocean, etc.
It is available free of charge to anyone who want to use it.
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b. What is the problem involving common resources?
The tragedy of the commons.• Common resources get used more than is
desirable from the standpoint of society as a whole.
• When one person uses a common resource, s(h)e diminishes other people's enjoyment of it. Because of this negative externality, common resources tend to be used excessively.
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b. What is the problem involving common resources?
The government can solve this problem through regulation or taxes, or can turn the common resource into a private good.
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c. Some examples of common resources
Clean air and water Congested roads Oil pools and underground water Fish, whales, and wildlife
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Now you know …
the special characteristics of goods. the different types of goods. the importance of private property rights. what public goods are. what common resources are.
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What will you study next time?
Chapter 12The Design of the Tax System
What are the criteria of an efficient tax system?
How to evaluate some tax systems? What are the principles used to achieve
equity in a tax system?
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