Module 10 Flashcards
A.C Pigou
How to deal with externalities
1) Taxes
2) Subsidies
Ronald Coase
Negotiation among parties to settle externalities
Asymmetric Information
Buyer/Seller knows something the other does not
Principal Agent problem
Occurs when one person is allowed to make decisions on behalf of another person
Moral hazard
Occurs when one individual has an incentive to increase their exposure to risk because they do not bear the full cost of that risk
Adverse selection
When there is unequal information between buyers and sellers leading to market failure
Fifth amendment takings clause
Prohibits the government from taking my property without compensation
Regulatory capture
The regulated starts to use the regulator to their advantage
Glass-Steagal Act (1934)
Separated stock market and banking