Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Please answer questions 2 a) i - iii, b) & c)

Transcribed Image Text:Question 2
(a) Identify the type of market failure, explain why it occurs and provide a
solution
(i) An auto repair shop convinces you that you need a
$20,000 valve job when all you need is an oil change.
(ii) Everyone in the neighbourhood would benefit if an
empty lot were turned into a park but no entrepreneur
will come forward to finance the transformation
(iii) A barking dog in the backyard
(b) Define the tragedy of the commons in your own
words.
(c) Why are fish in the ocean an example of a resource
that suffers from the tragedy of the commons but
cattle grazing in a farmer's pasture does not suffer
from the tragedy of the commons?
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