What is the efficiency condition for a public good? What is the condition that describes output if the public good is delivered privately? What is free riding? How might free riding lead to even less private provision of public goods?
To achieve optimal provision of public goods,
the,
a. market should be allowed to arrive at an equilibrium without
government intervention.
b. Government must limit the provision of the goods. c. government
must tax producers of the goods. d. government must either provide
the goods or subsidize their production.
i. Could the provision of public good be privatized?
ii. Why is it the case that prisons are run by the state?
iii. Sometimes in the presence of externalities, the market
failure can be solved through monetary compensation between the
parts: who receives the compensation? When is an agreement between
parts not possible?
iv. Why have many governments recently been privatizing some
natural monopolies?
Question 1
1) What is true for a public good?
a. it is provided in optimal amounts by the private sector
b. it is diminishable and excludable
c. it can only be provided by the government
d) it is either provided by the government or can be by the
private sector if it is excludable
20 points
Question 2
2) A negative externality results in:
a. too much of the good or service being provided
b. too little of the...
4. a. Consider the private provision of public good model with H
identical consumers. What is the impact on the equilibrium of
increasing the population to H+1 by adding another identical
consumer? Does this always increase the welfare of the initial H
consumers? b. Can the same conclusion be reached if the consumers
are not identical?
Explain what determines the "optimal" amount of a public good
and how this concept of optimality can change over time (as we
elect new and different leaders). If you use any other sources, be
sure to cite them within the text as well as provide a
bibliographical citation at the end. Provide one "unique" (i.e.
don't use one that a classmate has already used!) example of the
free rider problem that you have seen in your lives. From this
example,...
Please write an essay about the public provision of education.
Why should the government be involved in education? In your own
words, explain the advantages and disadvantages of the voucher
system. Would you suggest such a system to Ministry of Education in
Quebec? Explain why or why not.