Chapter 5

The Problem of Externalities—An Overview

Abstract

Chapter 5 offers an introduction to the next three chapters on externalities. Its two main objectives are to indicate which externalities require government intervention and to present the general equilibrium model of social welfare maximization that will be used to analyze externalities.

Keywords

Consumer externality; Consumption–production externality; Pecuniary externality; Production externality; Technological externality

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