The underlying reason of the problem of pollution is
A) a poorly run Environmental Protection Agency.
B) greed on the part of consumers.
C) greed on the part of producers.
D) poorly defined property rights that are expensive to enforce.
Answer: D
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Which of the following is not one of the obstacles mentioned in the text to a successful system of price discrimination? Inability to
A) evade legal restrictions on discrimination. B) identify differences in demand among customers. C) prevent customers from reselling the product. D) prevent resentment from arising among the people who pay more.
According to the Theory of the Second Best, why might market liberalization through elimination of some market distortions, such as particular trade restrictions, lead to social welfare losses?
What will be an ideal response?
A meditation class meets on the second floor of a building; the first floor is a nightclub. The loud music from the club disturbs the classes. The club could be soundproofed for a cost of $5,000 or move at a cost of $8,000 . The class can't soundproof enough to overcome the music, but could be moved for $4,000 . According to Coase, a socially optimal solution can be achieved if
a. the local government purchases the building b. the building is torn down c. property rights to be noisy are granted to the nightclub d. property rights to a quiet environment are granted to the meditation class e. both the nightclub and the meditation class relocate
Specialization refers to
a. one person performing a wide variety of tasks b. labor replacing capital in production c. capital replacing labor in production d. limiting the number of tasks a resource performs e. performing all tasks with only one resource