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[Joseph_E._Stiglitz,_Carl_E._Walsh]_Economics(Bookos.org) (1)

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Learning Goals

In this chapter, you will learn

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The key ways many markets

fall short of the perfect competition

envisioned in the

basic competitive model

The different forms of imperfect

competition and their

consequences

How imperfect information

can affect markets

What economists mean by

externalities, and how they

affect markets

What a public good is, and

why markets undersupply

public goods.

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