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Microeconomics A Contemporary Intro

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ISBN:9781285635101

Author:MCEACHERN

Publisher:MCEACHERN

Chapter3: Economic Decision Makers

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Identify a market failure in Trinidad and Tobago, identify the type of market failure and discuss why market failure occured.

Identify a market failure in Trinidad and Tobago, identify the type of market failure and discuss why market failure occured. ( public good, asymmetric information, positive or negative externality)
Suggest a relevant government policy that would yield the efficient outcome and carefully explain the process through which the implementation of the government policy will lead to the optimal outcome.

Carefully explain how the imposition of the chosen government policy impact consumer surplus, producer surplus and total surplus in this scenario.

Definition Definition Consumer surplus is the consumers' gain from trade. The consumer surplus is the area below the demand curve but above the equilibrium price, up to the equilibrium quantity. Producer surplus is the producer's gain from trade. The producer surplus is the area above the supply curve but below the equilibrium price, up to the equilibrium quantity. Consumer surplus is represented by Area A and producer surplus is represented by Area B.

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