When the absence of property rights causes a market failure, the government can potentially solve the problem
a. by clearly defining property rights.
b. through regulation.
c. by supplying the good itself.
d. All of the above are correct.
d
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The reason why cleanup costs are lower for a taxes approach than for a direct controls approach is that
a. all firms reduce pollution equally and fairly. b. firms that are able to clean up at lowest cost do so; others don't. c. large polluters clean up the most, which is always lowest cost. d. small polluters clean up the most, which is generally the cheapest.
A farmer with $1000 worth of crops in the field faces a .10 probability that a hail storm will destroy the value of her crop before she can harvest it. If she is risk averse, the most she would be willing to pay to insure against this loss is
a. $0. b. $10. c. $100. d. $900.