Podcast
Questions and Answers
What is the relationship between property rights, efficiency, and externalities known as?
What is the relationship between property rights, efficiency, and externalities known as?
- Coase Theorem (correct)
- Pigouvian Principle
- Smith's Law
- Pareto Principle
Which of the following is a primary reason why a market for externalities may not exist?
Which of the following is a primary reason why a market for externalities may not exist?
- Ineffective regulation
- Consumer indifference
- High transaction costs (correct)
- Unpredictable fluctuations
What is the common effect of negative externalities on market production?
What is the common effect of negative externalities on market production?
- Markets produce significantly lower prices
- Markets produce more than the socially desirable quantity (correct)
- Markets produce exactly the socially optimum quantity
- Markets produce less than optimal quantity
Which of the following is NOT a method to reduce pollution externalities?
Which of the following is NOT a method to reduce pollution externalities?
Why might carbon taxes be politically unfavorable?
Why might carbon taxes be politically unfavorable?
What type of externality results in a socially optimum quantity greater than the equilibrium quantity?
What type of externality results in a socially optimum quantity greater than the equilibrium quantity?
Which of the following mechanisms is considered less popular than taxes for controlling pollution?
Which of the following mechanisms is considered less popular than taxes for controlling pollution?
What is an implication of positive externalities for market production?
What is an implication of positive externalities for market production?
Flashcards
Externalities
Externalities
Unintended consequences of an economic activity affecting a third party.
Coase Theorem
Coase Theorem
Property rights and efficiency are linked to address externalities. With no transaction costs, efficient outcomes result, regardless of initial rights, because of bargaining.
Negative Externality
Negative Externality
Market produces more than socially desirable. (Quantity produced too high, prices too low.)
Positive Externality
Positive Externality
Signup and view all the flashcards
Pigouvian Tax
Pigouvian Tax
Signup and view all the flashcards
Cap-and-Trade
Cap-and-Trade
Signup and view all the flashcards
Property Rights
Property Rights
Signup and view all the flashcards
Transaction Costs
Transaction Costs
Signup and view all the flashcards
Study Notes
Property Rights and Externalities
- Property rights entail the power of residual control, including compensation for externalities.
- The relationship between property rights, efficiency, and externalities is outlined in Coase Theorem.
- If transaction costs are absent and trading externalities is possible, the trading system leads to efficient outcomes regardless of initial property rights allocation.
- Market for externalities often doesn't exist due to high costs and free-rider effects.
Negative Externalities
- Negative externalities lead to higher production levels than socially desirable.
- Socially optimal quantity is below equilibrium quantity.
- Socially optimal price is above equilibrium price.
Reducing Pollution Externalities
- Taxation (e.g., carbon tax): Addresses pollution issues.
- Regulation of Quantity: Includes cap-and-trade permits or output bans. This also includes regulating pollution locations.
- Establishing Markets: Assigning property rights.
- Voluntary agreements
Pollution Externality Considerations
- Pollution externalities have intergenerational and international dimensions.
- Taxes are more widely used than quantity limits, as taxes penalize the worst polluters more effectively.
Positive Externalities
- Positive externalities lead to lower production levels than socially desirable.
- Socially optimal quantity is higher than the equilibrium quantity.
- Socially optimal price is lower than the equilibrium price.
- Solutions include subsidies to the positive externality providers.
Issues with Carbon Taxes
- Politically challenging for reelection.
- Frequently regressive, harming the poor more.
- Only targets carbon, not other greenhouse gases (e.g., methane).
Studying That Suits You
Use AI to generate personalized quizzes and flashcards to suit your learning preferences.
Related Documents
Description
Test your understanding of property rights and their impact on externalities, including negative externalities in production. Explore the effectiveness of taxation and regulation in reducing pollution levels, along with insights from the Coase Theorem. This quiz will challenge your grasp of economic concepts related to externalities.
