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Correcting Market Failure - Mind Map

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  • Taxes
    • Increase Prices
    • Reduce supply
    • How high do taxes need to be?
    • Role of Price Elasticity?
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • How to value costs and benefits?
    • Value of Private Costs
    • Value of Private Benefits
    • Value of Social Costs
    • Value of Social Benefits
    • = Informed Decisions
  • Trade-Offs
    • Opportunity Cost
    • Least Cost?
    • Most benefit?
    • Acceptable Levels?
  • Subsidies
    • Reduce prices
    • Increase Supply
    • Cost of Providing Subsidies
    • Distorting Impact on Market
    • Long term effects