(a) What is externality? What is the economic impact of an externality? Externalities issue is important‚ not only involves a moral issue but also involves economic issues in terms of resource utilization and external cost impact of positive and negative such as the cost of treatment and other costs. Definition | Source | In economics‚ an externality‚ or transaction spillover‚ is a cost or benefit that is not transmitted through prices or is incurred by a party who was not involved as either
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Merit Goods and Services Merit goods are those goods and services that the government feels that people will underconsume‚ and which ought to be subsidised or perhaps provided free at the point of use so that consumption does not depend primarily on the ability to pay for the good or service. • • • Both the state and private sector provide merit goods & services. We have an independent education system and people can buy private health care insurance. Consumption of merit goods is believed to generate
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Types of externalities Pollution is an example of an externality which is commonly cited‚ but it is important to establish at this stage that there are various types of externalities and that they can be classified in different ways: they can arise from acts of consumption or production‚ and can thus be production‚ consumption or mixed externalities‚ and‚ as previously mentioned they can be experienced as external costs (negative externalities) or as external benefits (positive externalities).
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Using the data and your economic knowledge‚ evaluate different economic policies that could be used to encourage schoolchildren to undertake more exercise. (25 marks) Exercise is a merit good‚ which means the government feels that people will under-consume. Exercise is socially desirable and is under provided as the market mechanism allocates fewer resources to the supply of exercise due to the positive externalities. In order to encourage the schoolchildren the possible policies that the government
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The Economics of Public sector‚ Firm Behavior A reaction paper Do you consider taxes as positive or negative externalities? Negative externalities occur when the effects of decision that are not considered/taken into account by the decision maker are detrimental to others. On the other hand‚ if the effects are beneficial to others‚ that is a positive externality. The government’s ability to serve the people depends upon the taxes that are collected. Taxes are indispensable in the government
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Analyze the externality of detention basin By providing public participation to Sa-eab citizen and Sueb Foundation‚ the government will able to communicate with the people in developing acceptable alternatives. The public proposes several alternatives‚ but one alternative seem to be feasible to implement. The alternative of detention basin or monkey cheek will be taken into government consideration that its feasibility assessment will be conduct before implementing the project. To put it more
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Introduction) Tax Structure in Malaysia Generally‚ all income of companies and individuals accrued in‚ derived from or remitted to Malaysia are liable to tax. However‚ income remitted to Malaysia by resident companies (other than companies carrying on the business of banking‚ insurance‚ air and sea transportation)‚ non-resident companies and non-resident individuals are exempted from tax. Apart from income tax‚ there are other direct taxes such as real property gains tax‚ and indirect taxes
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Sin Tax Bill (For the Government) OVERALL SUMMARY: According to James Sadowsky‚ author of The Economics of Sin Taxes‚ taxes imposed on products seen as vices such as alcoholic liquors and tobaccos are called sin tax. Aside from the commodities being objects of disapproval‚ even their consumers accept such taxes because they seem to hit two birds in one stone. First‚ they raise revenues and second‚ they made vices expensive. House Bill 5727 or also known as the Sin Tax Bill aims to reform the
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in this paper that even where every one agrees that the tax system should be simple as dictated by the first maxim of Adam Smith‚ no country is yet to meet this standard. Questions on policy‚ complexity‚ equity‚ administrative efficiency‚ cost of compliance all increasing the cry for a tax change. Many Eastern Europeans have adopted the flax tax system and presently has an increase economic growth. However‚ are they fully operating the flax tax system? INTRODUCTION Taxation is a levy or a charge
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