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“The best things in life are free. . .”
Free goods provide
a special challenge for economic analysis.
Most goods in our economy are allocated in markets…
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“The best things in life are free. . .”
When goods are
available free of charge, the market forces that normally allocate resources in our economy are absent.
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“The best things in life are free. . .”
When a good
does not have a price attached to it, private markets cannot ensure that the good is produced and consumed in the proper amounts.
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“The best things in life are free. . .”
In such cases,
government policy can potentially remedy the market failure that results, and raise economic well-being.
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THE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF GOODS
When thinking about the various goods in
the economy, it is useful to group them according to two characteristics:
Is the good excludable?
Is the good rival?
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THE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF GOODS
Excludability
Excludability refers to the property of
a good whereby a person can be prevented from using it.
Rivalry
Rivalry refers to the property of a good whereby one person’s use diminishes other people’s use.
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THE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF GOODS
Four Types of Goods
Private Goods
Public Goods
Common Resources
Natural
Monopolies
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THE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF GOODS
Private Goods
Are both excludable and rival.
Public Goods
Are
neither excludable nor rival.
Common Resources
Are rival but not excludable.
Natural Monopolies
Are excludable but not rival.
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Figure 1 Four Types of Goods
Copyright © 2004 South-Western
Rival?
Yes
Yes
No
Private Goods
Natural Monopolies
No
Excludable?
Common
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PUBLIC GOODS
A free-rider is a person who receives the benefit of
a good but avoids paying for it.
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The Free-Rider Problem
Since people cannot be excluded from enjoying the benefits
of a public good, individuals may withhold paying for the good hoping that others will pay for it.
The free-rider problem prevents private markets from supplying public goods.
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The Free-Rider Problem
Solving the Free-Rider Problem
The government can decide to
provide the public good if the total benefits exceed the costs.
The government can make everyone better off by providing the public good and paying for it with tax revenue.
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Some Important Public Goods
National Defense
Basic Research
Fighting Poverty
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CASE STUDY: Are Lighthouses Public Goods?
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The Difficult Job of Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cost benefit analysis refers to a
study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good.
In order to decide whether to provide a public good or not, the total benefits of all those who use the good must be compared to the costs of providing and maintaining the public good.
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The Difficult Job of Cost-Benefit Analysis
A cost-benefit analysis would be used
to estimate the total costs and benefits of the project to society as a whole.
It is difficult to do because of the absence of prices needed to estimate social benefits and resource costs.
The value of life, the consumer’s time, and aesthetics are difficult to assess.
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COMMON RESOURCES
Common resources, like public goods, are not excludable. They are
available free of charge to anyone who wishes to use them.
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COMMON RESOURCES
Common resources are rival goods because one person’s use of
the common resource reduces other people’s use.
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Tragedy of the Commons
The Tragedy of the Commons is a parable
that illustrates why common resources get used more than is desirable from the standpoint of society as a whole.
Common resources tend to be used excessively when individuals are not charged for their usage.
This is similar to a negative externality.
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Some Important Common Resources
Clean air and water
Congested roads
Fish, whales, and other
wildlife
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CASE STUDY: Why Isn’t the Cow Extinct?
Will the market protect me?
Private
Ownership
and
the Profit
Motive!
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CONCLUSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS
The market fails to allocate resources
efficiently when property rights are not well-established (i.e. some item of value does not have an owner with the legal authority to control it).
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CONCLUSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS
When the absence of property rights
causes a market failure, the government can potentially solve the problem.
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Summary
Goods differ in whether they are excludable and whether they are
rival.
A good is excludable if it is possible to prevent someone from using it.
A good is rival if one person’s enjoyment of the good prevents other people from enjoying the same unit of the good.
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Summary
Public goods are neither rival nor excludable.
Because people are not charged
for their use of public goods, they have an incentive to free ride when the good is provided privately.
Governments provide public goods, making quantity decisions based upon cost-benefit analysis.