MICROECONOMICS
MICROECONOMICS
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ISBN: 9781266686764
Author: Colander
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Chapter 8, Problem 23QE
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Intervention of government to reduce externalities.

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Use a supply and demand graph to show a good which should be illegal owing to it's negative externality.
Consider two ways of commuting in a crowded city: taking public transportation, such as subway and buses, or driving your own car. A person who chooses to take public transportation in a crowded city imposes a NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE externality on drivers. A policy implication of this result is a SUBSIDY FOR OR TAX ON those who take public transportation. Persons who choose to drive their own cars to get around in a crowded city impose a NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE externality on other drivers. A policy implication of this result is a TAX ON OR SUBSIDY FOR those who drive their own cars.
I chose option D and got this wrong. I thought that when you had a positive externality The demand curve move to the right. Wouldn’t this mean that the level of output and the price would be greater than the free market ones? can you explain how my answer is wrong? What is correct?

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