To Internalize a Positive Externality, an Appropriate Public Policy Response

question 21

Multiple Choice

To internalize a positive externality, an appropriate public policy response would be to

• A) ban the good creating the externality.
• B) tax the good.
• C) subsidize the good.
• D) have the government produce the good until the value of an additional unit is zero.

Grasp the hypotheses explaining certain mating preferences and strategies (good genes, sensory bias, arbitrary choice).

Understand the mechanisms and importance of honest signaling in sexual selection.

Understand the distinction between direct and indirect benefits of female mate choice.

Grasp the principles behind sexual selection, with specific reference to traits such as large tusks in male Asian elephants.

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Definitions:

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Entities structured to achieve specific objectives, involving a group of people working together under defined rules and leadership.

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Unplanned, spontaneous group action that arises in response to an event or situation, often in the context of protests or emergencies.

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Having a brief existence or duration; not lasting for a long time.

Violent Protests

Public demonstrations that involve aggressive behaviors, including harm to people or property, to express opposition against policies or actions.