CONNECT F/MICROECONOMICS
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Author: McConnell
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Chapter 4, Problem 6DQ
To determine
The positive externalities.
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The accompanying diagram shows the supply and demand diagrams
for the competitive market for honey in one region. MC represents
private marginal cost and MB represents private marginal benefit.
Assume there are two types of firms in this region-beekeepers that
produce honey and orchard keepers that produce peaches. The bees
provide a benefit to the orchard keepers by pollinating their peach
trees.
If the external marginal benefit is $2 per unit of honey, then what is the
allocatively efficient output?
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B. 80 kg
C. 40 kg
D. 100 kg
E. 60 kg
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Chapter 4
Market Failure Caused by Externalities
Page
94 Problem 1
Draw a supply and demand graph and
identify the areas of consumer surplus and
producer surplus. Given the demand curve,
how will an increase in supply affect the
amount of surplus shown in your diagram ?
Explain. LO4.1 (Differentiate between
demand-side market failures and supply-side
market failures.
Chapter 4 Solutions
CONNECT F/MICROECONOMICS
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