Economics Today: The Macro View Plus Mylab Economics With Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package (18th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134004631
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 2P
Suppose that repeated application of a pesticide used on orange trees causes harmful contamination of groundwater. The pesticide is applied annually in almost all of the orange groves throughout the world. Most orange growers regard the pesticide as a key input in their production of oranges.
- Use a diagram of the market for the pesticide to illustrate the implications of a failure of orange producers' costs to reflect the
social costs of groundwater contamination. - Use your diagram from part (a) to explain a government policy that might be effective in achieving the amount of orange production that fully reflects all social costs.
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