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PowerPoint Lectures for
Principles of Economics,9e
By
Karl E. Case,Ray C. Fair &Sharon M. Oster
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16PART III MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Externalities, PublicGoods, and Social Choice
Fernando & Yvonn Quijano
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Externalities and EnvironmentalEconomicsMarginal Social Cost and Marginal-Cost
PricingPrivate Choices and External EffectsInternalizing Externalities
Public (Social) GoodsThe Characteristics of Public GoodsIncome Distribution as a Public Good?Public Provision of Public GoodsOptimal Provision of Public Goods
Local Provision of Public Goods: TieboutHypothesis
Mixed Goods
Social ChoiceThe Voting ParadoxGovernment Inefficiency: Theory of Public
ChoiceRent-Seeking Revisited
Government and the Market
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Externalities, PublicGoods, and Social Choice
PART III MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
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Externalities, Public Goods, and Social Choice
market failure Occurs when resources aremisallocated or allocated inefficiently.
Externalities and Environmental Economics
externality A cost or benefit imposed or bestowedon an individual or a group that is outside, orexternal to, the transaction.
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Find the statement below that is incorrectabout the study ofexternalities?
a. Externalities are also called spillover, orneighborhood effects.b. The study of externalities is a major concern ofenvironmentaleconomics.
c. Externalities are limited to free market economies.
d. When people closer together, externalities become moreimportant.
e. None of the above. All of the statements above are correct.
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Find the statement below that is incorrectabout the study ofexternalities?
a. Externalities are also called spillover, orneighborhood effects.
b. The study of externalities is a major concern ofenvironmentaleconomics.
c.c. Externalities are limited to free market economies.Externalities are limited to free market economies.
d. When people closer together, externalities become moreimportant.
e. None of the above. All of the statements above are correct.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
marginal social cost (MSC) The total cost tosociety of producing an additional unit of a good orservice. MSCis equal to the sum of the marginalcosts of producing the product and the correctlymeasured damage costs involved in the process of
production.
Marginal Social Cost and Marginal-Cost Pricing
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Marginal Social Cost and Marginal-Cost Pricing
FIGURE 16.1 Profit-MaximizingPerfectly Competitive Firms WillProduce Up to the Point That PriceEquals Marginal Cost(P = MC)
If we assume that the current
price reflects what consumers arewilling to pay for a product at the
margin, firms that create external
costs without weighing them in
their decisions are likely to
produce too much.
At q*, marginal social cost
exceeds the price paid by
consumers.
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For every unit produced beyond the level at which P= MC:
a. Society uses up resources that have a value (or cost) in excess ofthe benefits that consumers place on that unit.
b. Society uses up resources that have a value (or cost) that is lessthan the benefits that consumers place on that unit.
c. Society begins to enjoy the benefits of additional production.
d. Society stops enjoying the benefits of additional production.
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For every unit produced beyond the level at which P= MC:
a.a. Society uses up resources that have a value (or cost) in excess ofSociety uses up resources that have a value (or cost) in excess of
the benefits that consumers place on that unit.the benefits that consumers place on that unit.
b. Society uses up resources that have a value (or cost) that is lessthan the benefits that consumers place on that unit.
c. Society begins to enjoy the benefits of additional production.
d. Society stops enjoying the benefits of additional production.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Marginal Social Cost and Marginal-Cost Pricing
Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act
Acid rain is an excellent example of an externalityand of the issues and conflicts involved in dealingwith externalities.
The case of acid rain highlights the fact thatefficiency analysis ignores the distribution of gainsand losses. That is, to establish efficiency, weneed only demonstrate that the total value of thegains exceeds the total value of the losses.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Marginal Social Cost and Marginal-Cost Pricing
Other Externalities
Other examples of external effects are all aroundus. When people drive their cars into the center ofthe city at rush hour, they contribute to thecongestion and impose costs (in the form of losttime and auto emissions) on others.
Clearly, the most significant and hotly debatedissue of externalities is global warming.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Marginal Social Cost and Marginal-Cost Pricing
Some Examples of Positive Externalities
Thus far we have described a series of negativeexternalities. But externalities can also be positive.In some cases, when other people or firms engagein an activity, there are side benefits from thatactivity. From an economics perspective, there areproblems with positive externalities as well.
The problem with positive externalities is that theindividuals in charge have too little incentive to
engage in the activity.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Private Choices and External Effects
FIGURE 16.2 Externalities in a College DormitoryThe marginal benefits to Harry exceed the marginal costs he must bear to play his stereo system for a period of up to 8hours. When the stereo is playing, a cost is being imposed on Jake.
When we add the costs borne by Harry to the damage costs imposed on Jake, we get the full cost of the stereo to the two-
person society made up of Harry and Jake.Playing the stereo more than 5 hours is inefficient because the benefits to Harry are less than the social cost for every
hour above 5. If Harry considers only his private costs, he will play the stereo for too long a time from societys point of
view.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Private Choices and External Effects
marginal private cost (MPC) The amount that aconsumer pays to consume an additional unit of aparticular good.
marginal damage cost (MDC) The additional harmdone by increasing the level of an externality-producing activity by 1 unit. If producing productXpollutes the water in a river, MDC is the additionalcost imposed by the added pollution that resultsfrom increasing output by 1 unit ofXper period.
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In the case of a negative externality, the socially efficient level of outputis set where marginal benefit equals:
a. Marginal social cost.
b. Marginal private cost.
c. Marginal damage cost.
d. Marginal cost.
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In the case of a negative externality, the socially efficient level of outputis set where marginal benefit equals:
a.a. Marginal social cost.Marginal social cost.
b. Marginal private cost.
c. Marginal damage cost.
d. Marginal cost.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Five approaches have been taken to solving theproblem of externalities:
(1) government imposed taxes and subsidies,
(2) private bargaining and negotiation,
(3) legal rules and procedures,(4) sale or auctioning of rights to impose
externalities, and
(5) direct government regulation.
While each is best suited for a different set of
circumstances, all five provide decision makerswith an incentive to weigh the external effects oftheir decisions.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Taxes and Subsidies
FIGURE 16.3 Tax Imposed on a Firm Equal to Marginal Damage Cost
If a per-unit tax exactly equal to marginal damage costs is imposed on a firm, the firm will weigh the tax, and
thus the damage costs, in its decisions. At the new equilibrium price, P1, consumers will be paying an amount
sufficient to cover full resource costs as well as the cost of damage imposed. The efficient level of output for
the firm is q1.
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When a tax is used to internalize an externality, the tax should be setequal to:
a. Marginal social cost.
b. Marginal private cost.c. Marginal damage cost.
d. Marginal cost.
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When a tax is used to internalize an externality, the tax should be setequal to:
a. Marginal social cost.
b. Marginal private cost.c.c. Marginal damage cost.Marginal damage cost.
d. Marginal cost.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Taxes and SubsidiesMeasuring Damages
The biggest problem with using taxes andsubsidies is that damages must be estimated in
financial terms.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Taxes and SubsidiesReducing Damages to an Efficient Level
Taxes also provide firms with an incentive to usethe most efficient technology for dealing with
damage.
The Incentive to Take Care and to Avoid Harm
You should understand that all externalities
involve at least two parties and that it is not alwaysclear which party is causing the damage.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Taxes and SubsidiesSubsidizing External Benefits
Sometimes activities or decisions generateexternal benefits instead of costs.
Externalities Are All AroundUs
Abominable Snowmen: TheWar on Lawn Decorations
Wall Street Journal
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Bargaining and Negotiation
Coase theorem Under certain conditions, whenexternalities are present, private parties can arriveat the efficient solution without governmentinvolvement.
Legal Rules and Procedures
injunction A court order forbidding thecontinuation of behavior that leads to damages.
liability rules Laws that require A to compensate Bfor damages imposed.
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According to the Coase theorem, in order to arrive at an efficientsolution to an externality problem associated with a given activity:
a. No party should be given the right to that activity prior to
negotiation; otherwise, that party would have no incentive tobargain.
b. The right to an activity must be decided during the negotiationprocess.
c. It doesnt matter which party is initially assigned the right to thatactivity.
d. Both parties must feel that they have equal rights to the activityprior to negotiation.
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According to the Coase theorem, in order to arrive at an efficientsolution to an externality problem associated with a given activity:
a. No party should be given the right to that activity prior to
negotiation; otherwise, that party would have no incentive tobargain.
b. The right to an activity must be decided during the negotiationprocess.
c.c. It doesnt matter which party is initially assigned the right to thatIt doesnt matter which party is initially assigned the right to that
activity.activity.
d. Both parties must feel that they have equal rights to the activityprior to negotiation.
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Selling or Auctioning Pollution Rights
TABLE 16.1 Permit Trading
Firm A Firm A Firm A Firm B Firm B Firm B
Reduction of pollutionby Firm A (in units of
pollution)
MC of reducingpollution for Firm
A
TC of reducingpollution for Firm
A
Reduction of pollutionby Firm B (in units of
pollution)
MC of reducingpollution for Firm
B
TC of reducing
pollution for Firm
B
1 $ 5 $ 5 1 $ 8 $ 8
2 7 12 2 14 22
3 9 21 3 23 45
4 12 33 4 35 80
5 17 50 5 50 130
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Externalities and Environmental Economics
Internalizing Externalities
Direct Regulation of Externalities
The Debate Over GlobalWarming
One of the most hotlydebated issues involvingexternalities is the potentialcost of global warming.
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty on global warmingnegotiated by the United Nations in the 1990s. It came intoforce after being ratified by Russia in February 2005. A total of141 countries have ratified the agreement, which commitsthem to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five othergreenhouse gases or to engage in emissions trading. The
United States has not ratified the treaty.
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Public (Social) Goods
The Characteristics of Public Goods
public goods (social or collective goods) Goods
that are nonrival in consumption and/or theirbenefits are nonexcludable.
nonrival in consumption A characteristic of publicgoods: One persons enjoyment of the benefits ofa public good does not interfere with anothersconsumption of it.
nonexcludable A characteristic of most public
goods: Once a good is produced, no one can beexcluded from enjoying its benefits.
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Public (Social) Goods
The Characteristics of Public Goods
free-rider problem A problem intrinsic to publicgoods: Because people can enjoy the benefits ofpublic goods whether or not they pay for them,they are usually unwilling to pay for them.
drop-in-the-bucket problem A problem intrinsic topublic goods: The good or service is usually socostly that its provision generally does not dependon whether any single person pays.
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Public (Social) Goods
Income Distribution as a Public Good?
Note that some economists have argued forredistribution of income on grounds that itgenerates public benefits.
If we accept the idea that redistributing income
generates a public good, private endeavors mayfail to do what we want them to do, andgovernment involvement may be called for.
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Public (Social) Goods
Public Provision of Public Goods
All societies, past and present, have had to facethe problem of providing public goods. Whenmembers of society get together to form agovernment, they do so to provide themselves withgoods and services that will not be provided if they
act separately.
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Which of the following is the best example of a mixed good?
a. A Big Mac.
b. The Golden Gate bridge.
c. The Statue of Liberty.
d. Elementary education.
e. All of the above are good examples of mixed goods.
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Which of the following is the best example of a mixed good?
a. A Big Mac.
b. The Golden Gate bridge.
c. The Statue of Liberty.
d.d. Elementary education.Elementary education.
e. All of the above are good examples of mixed goods.
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Public (Social) Goods
Optimal Provision of Public Goods
Samuelsons Theory
Economist Paul Samuelson demonstrated thatthere exists an optimal, or a most efficient, level ofoutput for every public good.
An efficient economy produces what people want.Private producers, whether perfect competitors ormonopolists, are constrained by the marketdemand for their products. If they cannot sell theirproducts for more than it costs to produce them,they will be out of business. Because private
goods permit exclusion, firms can withhold theirproducts until households pay. Buying a product ata posted price reveals that it is worth at least thatamount to you and to everyone who buys it.
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Public (Social) Goods
Optimal Provision of Public Goods
Samuelsons Theory
FIGURE 16.4 With Private Goods, Consumers Decide What Quantity to Buy; Market Demand Isthe Sum of Those Quantities at Each Price
At a price of $3, A buys 2 units and B buys 9 for a total of 11.
At a price of $1, A buys 9 units and B buys 13 for a total of 22.
We all buy the quantity of each private good that we want. Market demand is the horizontal sum of all individual
demand curves.
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Public (Social) Goods
Optimal Provision of Public Goods
Samuelsons Theory
FIGURE 16.5 With PublicGoods, There Is Only OneLevel of Output and ConsumersAre Willing to Pay DifferentAmounts for Each Level
A is willing to pay $6 per unit for
X1 units of the public good. B is
willing to pay only $3 forX1 units.
Societyin this case A and Bis
willing to pay a total of $9 forX1
units of the good.
Because only one level of output
can be chosen for a public good,we must add As contribution to
Bs to determine market demand.
This means adding demand
curves vertically.
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Which of the following is/are true?
a. Only one level of output can be chosen for a public good.
b. The demand for a public good is the horizontal summation of
individual demand curves for that good.c. Government must decide how much of a public good to produce.
d. The satisfaction we derive from the quantity consumed of publicgoods is just as great as the satisfaction derived fromconsumption of private goods.
e. All of the above.
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Which of the following is/are true?
a.a. Only one level of output can be chosen for a public good.Only one level of output can be chosen for a public good.
b. The demand for a public good is the horizontal summation of
individual demand curves for that good.c. Government must decide how much of a public good to produce.
d. The satisfaction we derive from the quantity consumed of publicgoods is just as great as the satisfaction derived fromconsumption of private goods.
e. All of the above.
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Public (Social) Goods
Optimal Provision of Public Goods
Samuelsons Theory
FIGURE 16.6 OptimalProduction of a Public Good
Optimal production of a public
good means producing as long as
societys total willingness to pay
per unit (DA+B) is greater than themarginal cost of producing the
good.
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Public (Social) Goods
Optimal Provision of Public Goods
Samuelsons Theory
optimal level of provision for public goods Thelevel at which societys total willingness to pay perunit is equal to the marginal cost of producing thegood.
The Problems of Optimal Provision
One major problem exists. To produce the optimalamount of each public good, the government must
know something that it cannot possibly knoweveryones preferences.
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Public (Social) Goods
Local Provision of Public Goods: Tiebout Hypothesis
Tiebout hypothesis An efficient mix of public goodsis produced when local land/housing prices andtaxes come to reflect consumer preferences just asthey do in the market for private goods.
Mixed Goods
mixed goods Goods that are part public goods andpart private goods. Education is a key example.
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Social Choice
The Voting Paradox
Impossibility theorem A proposition demonstratedby Kenneth Arrow showing that no system ofaggregating individual preferences into socialdecisions will always yield consistent, nonarbitraryresults.
social choice The problem of deciding what society
wants. The process of adding up individualpreferences to make a choice for society as awhole.
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Social Choice
The Voting Paradox
FIGURE 16.7 Preferences of Three Top University Officials
VP1 prefers A to B and B to C. VP2 prefers B to C and C to A. The dean prefers C to A and A to B.
TABLE 16.2 Results of Voting on Universitys Plans: The Voting Paradox
Votes of:Vote VP1 VP2 Dean Resulta
A versus B A B A A wins: A > B
B versus C B B C B wins: B > C
C versus A A C C C wins: C > A
aA > B is read A is preferred to B.
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Social Choice
The Voting Paradox
voting paradox A simple demonstration of howmajority-rule voting can lead to seeminglycontradictory and inconsistent results. Acommonly cited illustration of the kind ofinconsistency described in the impossibilitytheorem.
logrolling Occurs when congressionalrepresentatives trade votes, agreeing to help eachother get certain pieces of legislation passed.
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Social Choice
Government Inefficiency: Theory of Public Choice
Looking at the public sector from the standpoint ofthe behavior of public officials and the potential forinefficient choices and bureaucratic waste ratherthan in terms of its potential for improving theallocation of resources has become quite popular.This is the viewpoint of what is called thepublicchoice field in economics that builds heavily on thework of Nobel laureate James Buchanan.
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Social Choice
Rent-Seeking Revisited
A monopolist would be willing to pay to preventcompetition from eroding its economic profits.Manyif not allindustries lobby for favorabletreatment, softer regulation, or antitrust exemption.This, as you recall, is rent-seeking.
Theory may suggest that unregulated markets failto produce an efficient allocation of resources. Thisshould not lead you to the conclusion thatgovernment involvement necessarily leads toefficiency. There are reasons to believe thatgovernment attempts to produce the right goodsand services in the right quantities efficiently mayfail.
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Government and the Market
There is no question that government must beinvolved in both the provision of public goods andthe control of externalities.
The question is not whetherwe need governmentinvolvement. The question is how much and what
kindof government involvement we should have.
REVIEW TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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Coase theorem
drop-in-the-bucket problem
externality
free-rider problem
impossibility theorem
injunction
liability rules
logrolling
marginal damage cost (MDC)marginal private cost (MPC)
marginal social cost (MSC)
market failure
mixed goods
nonexcludable
nonrival in consumption
optimal level of provision forpublic goods
public goods (social orcollectivegoods)
social choice
Tiebout hypothesis
voting paradox