Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Unit 2: Negative externalities associated with concert going

An interesting article from the BBC about hearing loss associated with concerts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7278781.stm

a) What are the private costs and benefits of concert going?
b) The free market fails as loud concert music is a demerit good: Explain this statement
c) What actions do yoiu think the government could/should take to reduce the market failure?

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