Thursday, July 30, 2009

Unit 1: Information failure: Sunbeds and tanning

The BBC reports the latest on sunbeds and the potential danger associated with their overuse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8172690.stm article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8174136.stm video

a) How is this market subject to information failure (watch the video as well as reading the article)?
b) What is the result of this information failure in the market?
c) Explain 2 approaches the govt could take to reduce the market failure
d) To what extent do you believe such intervention would reduce the market failure?

2 comments:

Md Rasel Islam said...

nice!

John K. Hulky said...

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