Tarjetas de memoria: Addressing Externalities for Market Efficiency — 10 tarjetas

What is market failure and what causes it?

Market failure occurs when market outcomes are inefficient due to imperfections and externalities, leading to socially suboptimal resource allocation.

Market failure — definition?

Inefficient resource allocation due to externalities.

How do externalities affect market outcomes and what are the types?

Externalities are impacts of individual or firm actions not reflected in market prices, leading to social costs or benefits. Negative externalities cause overproduction, while positive externalities cause underproduction relative to the social optimum.

Externalities — what?

Costs or benefits not reflected in market prices.

What are common government interventions to correct externalities?

Government interventions include taxes, subsidies, and tradable permits aimed at internalizing externalities and aligning private incentives with social welfare.

Negative externality — example?

Pollution causing overproduction.

Positive externality — example?

Education leading to underproduction.

Coase theorem — role?

Private bargaining can internalize externalities.

Market efficiency condition?

Private benefit equals private cost.

Social optimum?

Social benefit equals social cost.