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Diagram: Profit-Max Q Occurs Where P=MC
Marginal Social Cost
Private MC is Competitive Firm's Supply Curve
Private, External, and Social Costs
Social and Private Cost-Based Supply Curves
Markets Are Inefficient When There are Externalities
Allowing Pollution = Producer/Consumer Subsidy
Will Market Forces Resolve Pollution Problem?
Pigouvian Taxes
Role of Pigouvian Taxes
Who Bears Burden of Pigouvian Tax?
Source of Inefficiency
More on the Source of Inefficiency
Diagram: Markets and Negative Externalities
Too Much Product is Produced When Pollution is a Byproduct
Deadweight Loss
Calculation of Deadweight Loss (Also See Diagram Above)
Are External Costs Important?