Suppose You and I Are Identical

question 4

Essay

Suppose you and I are identical.We put up fireworks in our adjacent backyards on a national holiday, and we can both enjoy each other's fireworks.
a.Can you identify an externality?
b.Can you identify any missing markets?
c.Do you think we will provide more or less than the efficient number of fireworks?
d.If we could vote on a tax to be imposed on us fund fireworks in our back yards, would we vote for a lump sum tax (imposed equally on both of us) that will cause more fireworks to be put up than what we would put up on our own?
e.Suppose instead the government implements a Pigouvian subsidy.How would the number of fireworks compare to what would happen in (d)? How much of a subsidy would you think we would both get for every dollar of fireworks each of us individually buys?

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Definitions:

Cost Of Goods Sold

The direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold in a company, including material and labor costs.