Lets say a government decided they wanted to internalize the externality caused by the use of gasoline by putting a tax on gasoline. Carefully argue who the government should apply the tax to: the buyers or the sellers of the gasoline.

Question 3 Professor Paudel shows the graph for the case of negative externalities in the class. He wants the class to think about positive externalities as well. This got him thinking a lot about potential market failure due to positive production externality in the oil exploration market. Specifically, in his research, he found that expenditures on oil exploration by any company can have a positive externality because they offer more profitable opportunities for other companies. Professor Paudel wants you to enlighten him on the following issues: a) Graphically show private and social marginal cost functions and the demand curve. b) Under positive externalities as mentioned above, is the social marginal cost below than the private marginal cost? Explain and support your answers with the help of a clearly labeled graph. c) Under positive externalities as mentioned above, what's the relationship between social optimum quantity and the competitive market equilibrium quantity? Is there…

Which activity generates a negative externality? O The only two hardware stores in town agree to form a cartel and fix prices. O You buy a neA Lexus and then discover it needs a new alternator. O After Judith buys life insurance, she begins skydiving classes on the weckends. O Your neighbor starts his noisy construction project at 6:00 a.m. on weekends.

Use a supply and demand graph to show a good which should be illegal owing to it's negative externality.