market failure Flashcards

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market failure

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when the price mechanism fails to allocate scarce resources effectively

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complete market failure

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occurs when the markets completely doesn’t supply products are all- missing market

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partial market failure

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when the market does actually function but it produces either the wrong quality of product or at the wrong price

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reasons for market failure

negative externalities

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this causes the social cost of production to exceed the private cost

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reasons for market failure

positive externalities

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causing the social benefit of consumption to exceed the private benefit

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reasons for market failure

imperfect information

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some merit goods are under produced while demerit goods are over consumed

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reasons for market failure

Monopoly

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underproduction and high prices causing consumer welfare to be damaged

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reasons for market failure

Factor immobility

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causes unemployment and loss of productive efficiency

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