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Macroeconomics ECON 2302 May 2009 Marilyn Spencer, Ph.D. Professor of Economics Chapter 5

Learning Objectives from Chapter 4 - You should now be able to: 1. Understand the concepts of consumer surplus and producer surplus. 2. Understand the concept of economic efficiency, and use a graph to illustrate how economic efficiency is reduced when a market is not in competitive equilibrium. 3. Use demand and supply graphs to analyze the economic impact of price ceilings and price floors. 4. Use demand and supply graphs to analyze the economic impact of taxes.

Any questions on these topics? Anything else?

Chapter 5. Externalities, Environmental Policy, and Public Goods

After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Identify examples of positive and negative externalities and use graphs to show how externalities affect economic efficiency. Discuss the Coase theorem and explain how private bargaining can lead to economic efficiency in a market with an externality. Analyze government policies to achieve economic efficiency in a market with an externality. Explain how goods can be categorized on the basis of whether they are rival and excludable. Define a public good and a common resource, and use graphs to illustrate the efficient quantities of public goods and common resources. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Externalities and Efficiency LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1 4 Externality A benefit or cost that affects someone who is not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.

The Effect of Externalities 4Private cost The cost borne by the producer of a good or service. 4Social cost The total cost of producing a good, including both the private cost and any external cost. 4Private benefit The benefit received by the consumer of a good or service. 4Social benefit The total benefit from consuming a good, including both the private benefit and any external benefit.

Externalities and Efficiency HOW A NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY IN PRODUCTION REDUCES ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY The Effect of Pollution on Economic Efficiency

Externalities and Efficiency HOW A POSITIVE EXTERNALITY IN CONSUMPTION REDUCES ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY The Effect of a Positive Externality on Efficiency

Externalities and Efficiency 4 Externalities Can Result in Market Failure ÜMarket failure Situations where the market fails to produce the efficient level of output. 4 What Causes Externalities? ÜProperty rights The rights individuals or businesses have to the exclusive use of their property, including the right to buy or sell it.

Private Solutions to Externalities: The Coase Theorem LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2 The Economically Efficient Level of Pollution Reduction The Marginal Benefit from Pollution Reduction Should Equal the Marginal Cost

The Reduction in Infant Mortality Due to the Clean Air Act Reduction in air pollution has been linked to a decline in infant mortality. Remember that It’s the Net Benefit that Counts

Private Solutions to Externalities (The Coase Theorem): The Basis for Private Solutions to Externalities The Benefits of Reducing Pollution to the Optimal Level are Greater than the Costs

The Fable of the Bees Some apple growers and beekeepers make private arrangements to arrive at an economically efficient outcome.

Private Solutions to Externalities: The Coase Theorem 4 The Problem of Transactions Costs Transactions costs The costs in time and other resources that parties incur in the process of agreeing to and carrying out an exchange of goods or services. 4 The Coase Theorem Coase theorem The argument of economist Ronald Coase that if transactions costs are low, private bargaining will result in an efficient solution to the problem of externalities.

Government Solutions to Externalities LEARNING OBJECTIVE When There is a Negative Externality, a Tax Can Bring About the Efficient Level of Output

Using a Tax to Deal with a Negative Externality LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3

Government Solutions to Externalities When There is a Positive Externality, a Subsidy Can Bring About the Efficient Level of Output Pigovian taxes and subsidies Government taxes and subsidies intended to bring about an efficient level of output in the presence of externalities.

Government Solutions to Externalities 4 Command and Control versus Tradable Emissions Allowances Command and control approach Government- imposed quantitative limits on the amount of pollution firms are allowed to generate, or government-required installation by firms of specific pollution control devices.

Government Solutions to Externalities Command and Control versus Tradable Emissions Allowances Estimated Cost of the Acid Rain Program in 2010

Can Tradable Permits Reduce Global Warming? Rapid growth in China has led to rapid increases in CO 2 emissions.

Four Categories of Goods 4 Two Important Conditions for a good to be a Private Good: ÜRivalry The situation that occurs when one person’s consuming a unit of a good means no one else can consume it. ÜExcludability The situation in which anyone who does not pay for a good cannot consume it. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 4

Four Categories of Goods: 4 Private good A good that is both rival and excludable. 4 Common resource A good that is rival but not excludable. 4 Public good A good that is both non-rivalrous and nonexcludable. 4 Free riding Benefiting from a good without paying for it.

Four Categories of Goods: Examples Four Categories of Goods

Should the Government or the Airlines Screen Luggage at Airports? Should the government be responsible for supplying aviation security?

Public Goods and Common Resources LEARNING OBJECTIVE 5 The Demand for a Private Good Constructing the Market Demand for a Private Good

Public Goods and Common Resources The Demand for a Public Good Constructing the Market Demand for a Public Good

Public Goods and Common Resources The Optimal Quantity of a Public Good

Determining the Optimal Level of Public Goods Demand PRICE (DOLLARS PER HOUR) QUANTITY (HOURS OF PROTECTION) $381 $342 $303 $264 $225 $186 $147 $108 $ LEARNING OBJECTIVE 4 Jill PRICE (DOLLARS PER HOUR) QUANTITY (HOURS OF PROTECTION) $201 $182 $163 $144 $125 $106 $87 $68 $49 $210 Joe QUANTITY (HOURS OF PROTECTION) = Supply QUANTITY (HOURS OF PROTECTION) PRICE (DOLLARS PER HOUR) 1$8 2$10 3$12 4$14 5$16 6$18 7$20 8$22 9$24

Public Goods and Common Resources Common Resources Tragedy of the commons The tendency for a common resource to be overused. Overuse of a Common Resource

A Hamstrung Market Fights Global Warming

4 Coase theorem 4 Command and control approach 4 Common resource 4 Excludability 4 Externality 4 Free riding 4 Market failure 4 Pigovian taxes and subsidies 4 Private benefit 4 Private cost 4 Private good 4 Property rights 4 Public good 4 Rivalry 4 Social benefit 4 Social cost 4 Tragedy of the commons 4 Transactions costs

To be completed before May 19: 4Read Ch. 6, and be able to answer ÜReview Questions: p. 200, ; p. 202, 2.1 & 2.2; p. 204, 4.1 & 4.2; pp , 5.1; p. 206, 6.1; and “If demand for orange juice (OJ) is inelastic, will a rise in the price of OJ increase or decrease the revenue received by orange juice sellers?” (1 st edition: 1-10, p. 193); and ÜProblems and Applications: p. 202, 3.3; p. 206, 5.2; p. 202, 2.4; p. 207, 6.6; and “During 2001 in Afghanistan, the Taliban outlawed growing poppies, from which opium is made. Opium output fell by 95%, and the price of opium rose from 2,000 rupees/kg to 40,000 rupees/kg. What was the price elasticity of demand for opium in Afghanistan?” (1 st edition: 2, 3, 5, 6 & 18, pp ).