Q1. Why it is generally not reasonable to say that a particular Pareto-efficient allocation is the most desirable allocation that can be reached?
Q2. The marketplace demand curve for a perfectly competitive marketplace is given by p=440-10Q. The marketplace supply curve is given p=4Q+20. Calculate the equilibrium price also quantity in the marketplace..
Q3. Elucidate: Without a marketplace for pollution rights, dumping pollutants into the air or water is costless; in the presence of the right to buy also sell pollution rights, dumping pollutants makes an opportunity cost for the polluter; Illustrate what is the significance of this opportunity cost to the search for better technology to reduce pollution?