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Define key words Market failure Private cost External cost social costs De merit goods Externalities p.60 – AS text
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Objectives Define externalities Explain negative externalities Utilise key terms: private, external and social costs. De merit goods Illustrate a negative externality p.60 – AS text
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Externalities Defined Third party (or spill-over) effects arising from the production and/or consumption of goods and service.
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p.60 – AS text Social costs not taken to account Externalities can cause market failure if the price mechanism does not take into account the full social costs of production and consumption. Does a road user pay for the pollution he permits? Do binge drinkers pay for costs to policing city centres? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article- 196793/Heavy-cost-binge-drinking.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article- 196793/Heavy-cost-binge-drinking.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10213337 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10213337 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england- nottinghamshire-16698793 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england- nottinghamshire-16698793
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Market Failure This is when the free market does not allocate resources efficiently. De-Merit Goods Goods which society over-produces Goods and services provided by the market which are not in our best interests! Tobacco and alcohol Drugs Gambling p.60 – AS text
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Private Costs: The costs incurred by those who buy and those who produce the goods and services.
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External Costs and Social Costs External cost The cost of an economic decision to a third party Social Cost The total cost of an action (Private + external costs) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15476670 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15476670 Heathrow airport expansion plans result in further protests What are the private, external and social costs of the expansion? p.60 – AS text
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Negative externalities The social cost of an activity is greater than the private cost. Soial cost is the true cost. Explain how the below may have negative externalities; Chewing gum Illegal dumping Can you think of your own? p.60 – AS text
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Define these key words Private cost External cost social costs De merit goods Externalities p.60 – AS text
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Objectives Define externalities Explain negative externalities Utilise key terms: private, external and social costs. De merit goods Illustrate a negative externality (extension only..) p.60 – AS text
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