a. What is the efficient outcome? b. If there are negotiation costs of $150, what activities will the two pursue on their land? c. If there are no negotiation costs and the two negotiate, what activities will the two pursue on their land? How might a benevolent planner help reduce the costs of negotiating to encourage the optimal combination of land uses?
a. What is the efficient outcome? b. If there are negotiation costs of $150, what activities will the two pursue on their land? c. If there are no negotiation costs and the two negotiate, what activities will the two pursue on their land? How might a benevolent planner help reduce the costs of negotiating to encourage the optimal combination of land uses?
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Transcribed Image Text:3. (Note: This is a variation of problem 6 of chapter 16 in your textbook.) Kenya and
Dionne live on adjacent plots of land. Each has two potential uses for their land,
the present values of each of which depend on the use adopted by the other, as
summarized in the table. All the values in the table are known to both parties.
Dionne
Rental housing
Bee keeping
Kenya
Apple
growing
A: $200
B: $700
A: $400
B: $650
Pig
farming
A: $450
B: $400
A: $450
B: $500
a. What is the efficient outcome?
b. If there are negotiation costs of $150, what activities will the two
pursue on their land?
c. If there are no negotiation costs and the two negotiate, what activities
will the two pursue on their land? How might a benevolent planner help
reduce the costs of negotiating to encourage the optimal combination
of land uses?
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