Ch 3, q3. Assume a city of 1,000,000 people, 60% of whom are willing to pay $1 maximum (each) to clean up pollution. The rest of the population is wealthier and willing to pay $100 each to clean up pollution. Pollution clean-up costs $2,000,000. It has been proposed that each person be taxed equally to pay for the pollution clean-up. Will that pass a majority- rule vote? Is it desirable from the point of view of the Pareto criterion? Is it a good idea using the compensation principle? Which social choice mechanism do you think is best on intuitive grounds, and why?
Ch 3, q3. Assume a city of 1,000,000 people, 60% of whom are willing to pay $1 maximum (each) to clean up pollution. The rest of the population is wealthier and willing to pay $100 each to clean up pollution. Pollution clean-up costs $2,000,000. It has been proposed that each person be taxed equally to pay for the pollution clean-up. Will that pass a majority- rule vote? Is it desirable from the point of view of the Pareto criterion? Is it a good idea using the compensation principle? Which social choice mechanism do you think is best on intuitive grounds, and why?
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![Ch 3, q3. Assume a city of 1,000,000 people, 60% of whom are willing to pay $1 maximum
(each) to clean up pollution. The rest of the population is wealthier and willing to pay $100
each to clean up pollution. Pollution clean-up costs $2,000,000. It has been proposed that
each person be taxed equally to pay for the pollution clean-up. Will that pass a majority-
rule vote? Is it desirable from the point of view of the Pareto criterion? Is it a good idea
using the compensation principle? Which social choice mechanism do you think is best on
intuitive grounds, and why?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F1542e5de-e392-4bdb-9d95-e5abdf8e6267%2Fe681efb4-1a61-488b-a516-8fc01f9bcd4d%2Fx9f96v5_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Ch 3, q3. Assume a city of 1,000,000 people, 60% of whom are willing to pay $1 maximum
(each) to clean up pollution. The rest of the population is wealthier and willing to pay $100
each to clean up pollution. Pollution clean-up costs $2,000,000. It has been proposed that
each person be taxed equally to pay for the pollution clean-up. Will that pass a majority-
rule vote? Is it desirable from the point of view of the Pareto criterion? Is it a good idea
using the compensation principle? Which social choice mechanism do you think is best on
intuitive grounds, and why?
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