What are market failures? Discuss examples of market failures. What can government do to improve the results of market failures?
Market failures are undesirable social results associated with free market outcomes. They include the growth of monopoly power, the presence of externalities, a lack of public goods and services, and an inequitable distribution of income. Government can intervene by enforcing anti-trust, tax or subsidize externalities, provide for public goods and redistribute income to correct for market failures.
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A) stockholders B) managers C) the state where the corporation is chartered D) employees
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distribution. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) the demand for the firm's output is downward sloping. B) the firm has no supply curve. C) the firm can sell all of its output at any price. D) the demand for the firm's output is perfectly elastic.
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