Module 10 Flashcards

1
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A.C Pigou

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How to deal with externalities

1) Taxes
2) Subsidies

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2
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Ronald Coase

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Negotiation among parties to settle externalities

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3
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Asymmetric Information

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Buyer/Seller knows something the other does not

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4
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Principal Agent problem

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Occurs when one person is allowed to make decisions on behalf of another person

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5
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Moral hazard

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Occurs when one individual has an incentive to increase their exposure to risk because they do not bear the full cost of that risk

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6
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Adverse selection

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When there is unequal information between buyers and sellers leading to market failure

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7
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Fifth amendment takings clause

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Prohibits the government from taking my property without compensation

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8
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Regulatory capture

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The regulated starts to use the regulator to their advantage

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9
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Glass-Steagal Act (1934)

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Separated stock market and banking

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