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Contents<br />

Contents<br />

17<br />

18<br />

16.4 Efficiencv in Production 578<br />

Production in the Edgeworth Box 578<br />

Input ~fficieilClI 579<br />

Producer Equilibrium in a Competitil'e InpIlt IvIarket 580<br />

The Productioll Possibilities Frolltier 581<br />

Output EjJidellcy 583<br />

Efficiency in Output lvIarkcts 584<br />

16.5 The Gains from Free Trade 585<br />

ComparatiI'e AdI'alltage 585<br />

All Expanded Production Possibilities FrOlltier 587<br />

16.6 An Owrview-The Efficiency of Competitiw Markets 590<br />

16.7 Wlw Markets Fail 591<br />

lvIarkct Power 592<br />

Incomplete Informatioll 592<br />

Externalities 592<br />

Pl!blic Goods 593<br />

Summary 593<br />

Questions for Review 594<br />

Exercises 594<br />

17.1 Quality Uncertainty and the Market for lemons 596<br />

The lvlarket for Used Cars 596<br />

Impliclltiolls ~f Asymmetric f;~formlltioll 598<br />

The Importllllce ~r Reputlltioll Ilnd Stlllldllrdi:lltion 599<br />

17.2 Market Signaling 601<br />

A Simple Ivlodel of Job Mllrket Signlliing 602<br />

GUllrantecs and Wllfmnties 604<br />

17.3 Moral Hazard 606<br />

17.4 The Principal-Agent Problem 609<br />

The Principal-AgCllt Problem in PriI'llte Enterprises 610<br />

The Principlll-Agent Problem in Public Enterprises 610<br />

IncCIltiues in the Principal-Agcnt Framcwork 612<br />

*17.5 Managerial Incentives in an Integrated Firm 613<br />

AS1flllllletric lI~t(ml1lltion Ilnd Incentivc Design in the Intcgmtcd Firm 614<br />

Applicatiolls 616<br />

17.6 Asymmetric Information in labor Markets: Efficiency Wage Theory 616<br />

Summary 619<br />

Questions for Review 619<br />

Exercises 619<br />

18.1 Externalities 621<br />

Neglltil'c Extcl'Illllities and In~fficicllcy 622<br />

PositiI,c Extcl'lllliities Ilnd IIl~fficiellcy 623<br />

18.2 Ways of Correcting Market Failure 625<br />

All EmissiOlls Stllndard 626<br />

An EmissiOlls Fee 626<br />

APPENDIX<br />

Stllndllrds I'crsus Fees 627<br />

Trallsfemble Emissiolls Permits 630<br />

Recyclillg 634<br />

18.3 Externalities and Property Rights 638<br />

Property Rights 638<br />

Bargllilling and Ecollomic Efflciellcy 638<br />

Costly Bllrgllining-The Role of Strategic Bchauior 640<br />

A Leglll Solution-Suing for Dllmllges 640<br />

18.4 Common Property Resources 642<br />

18.5 Public Goods 644<br />

E_fficiency Illld Public Goods 646<br />

Public Goods Ilnd Mllrket Fllilure 647<br />

18.6 Private Preferences for Public Goods 649<br />

Summary 651<br />

Questions for Review 651<br />

Exercises 652<br />

The Basics of Regression 655<br />

An. Example 655<br />

Estimation 656<br />

Statistical Tests 657<br />

Goodness of Fit 659<br />

Economic Forecasting 660<br />

Glossary 663<br />

Answers to Selected Exercises 675<br />

Index 687<br />

Example 1.1 Markets for Prescription Drugs 10<br />

Example 1.2 TIle Price of Eggs and the Price of a College Education 12<br />

Example 1.3 The Minimum Wage 13<br />

Example 2.1 The Price of Eggs and the Price of a College Education<br />

Revisited 26<br />

Example 2.2 Wage Inequality in the United States 27<br />

Example 2.3 The Long-RIm Behavior of Nahll'al Resource Prices 28<br />

Example 2.4 The Market for Wheat 33<br />

Example 2.5 The Demand for Gasoline and Automobiles 39<br />

Example 2.6 The Weather in Brazil and the Price of Coffee in Ne\v York 41<br />

Example 2.7 Declining Demand and the Behavior of Copper Prices 47<br />

Example 2.8 Upheaval in the World Oil Market 49<br />

Example 2.9 Price Controls and Natural Gas Shortages 54<br />

Example 3.1 Designing New Automobiles (I) 71<br />

Example 3.2 Designing New Automobiles (II) 81<br />

Example 3.3 Decision Making and Public Policy 82<br />

Example 3.4 A College Trust Fund 85<br />

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