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Public Finance ( MPA405 ). Dr. Khurrum S. Mughal. Lecture 4: Externalities and Public Policy. Public Finance. Externalities. I - What are externalities ? II - Externalities and efficiency III – Internalization of externalities 1- Corrective taxes 2- Second best efficiency solutions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Public Finance (MPA405)
Dr. Khurrum S. Mughal
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Lecture 4: Externalities and Public Policy
Public Finance
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Externalities• I - What are externalities ?• II - Externalities and efficiency• III – Internalization of externalities
– 1- Corrective taxes– 2- Second best efficiency solutions– 3- Corrective subsidies– 4- Property rights and Coase Theorem– 5- Efficient abatement level– 6- Regulatory solutions
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I- Externalities
• Externalities are costs or benefits of market transactions not reflected in prices.– Negative externalities are costs to third
parties.– Positive externalities are benefits to third
parties .• Real and pecuniary externalities
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II- Externalities and Efficiency
• The marginal external cost is the dollar value of the cost to third parties from the production or consumption of an additional unit of a good. This occurs when there is a negative externality.
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Social Costs
MSC = MPC + MEC
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Figure 3.1 Market Equilibrium, A Negative Externality and Efficiency
D = MSB
S = MPC
MPC + MEC = MSC
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Implications of Figure 3.1
• Market equilibrium occurs where
MPC = MSB• Efficiency Requires that
MSC = MPC + MEC = MSB
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Positive externalities
• The marginal external benefit is the dollar value of the benefit to third parties from an additional unit of production of consumption of a good. This occurs when there is a positive externality.
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Social Benefit
MSB = MPB + MEB
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Figure 3.2 Market Equilibrium, A Positive Externality and Efficiency
S = MSC
MPB + MEB = MSBH
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Figure 3.3 A Positive Externality for Which MEB Declines With Annual Output
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III- Internalization of Externalities
• An externality can be internalized if there is a policy that causes market participants to account for the costs of benefits of their actions.
• Requires:– to indentify the participants– Monetary value of External Cost or Benefit
• Controversy
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1- Corrective Taxes to Negative Externalities
• Setting a tax equal to the MEC will internalize a negative externality.
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Figure 3.4 A Corrective TaxP
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D = MSB
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Tax Revenue = TotalExternal Costs
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Net Gains in Well-Being
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Results of a Corrective Tax
• Socially optimal levels of production are achieved.
• The tax revenue is sufficient to pay costs to third parties. – $45 Million in this case
• Alternative methods of dumping, adding MEC to MPC
• A policy supported by one group and not the other
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Using a Corrective Tax
• The greenhouse effect and a “Carbon Tax” – If it is accepted that the greenhouse effect is
caused by burning carbon-based fuels, a carbon tax can be imposed to limit greenhouse gasses to their socially optimal levels.
– It is called a carbon tax because the amount of the tax would depend on the amount of carbon in the fuel.
– Debated Issue• Higher costs due to environment damage in future• Increase in prices of other goods to avoid use of coal
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2- Theory of the Second Best
–A polluting Monopolist• A dillema
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A Polluting Monopolist
– Earlier it was shown that monopoly created a loss to society.
– It was shown that a negative externality causes a loss as well.
– The losses do not necessarily add to one another. In fact, they can cancel each other out.
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2- Theory of the Second Best
–When one condition for an optimum is violated then maintaining the others will not guarantee a second-best solution.
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Figure 3.5 A Second Best Efficient Solution
D = MSB
MPC
MPC + MEC = MSC
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3- Corrective Subsidies
• Setting a subsidy equal to MEB will internalize a positive externality
• For example:– Garbage collection, tree plantation
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Subsidy Payments
Figure 3.6 A Corrective Subsidy
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D' = MPB + $20 = MSB
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