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1. (5 points) (a) What price will an unregulated monopoly charge? (b) What quantity will an unregulated monopoly produce? (c) If the regulated price is $10 per unit, how many units will the regulated...

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1. (5 points)
(a) What price will an unregulated monopoly charge?
(b) What quantity will an unregulated monopoly produce?
(c) If the regulated price is $10 per unit, how many units will the regulated monopoly
produce?
(d) What is the quantity demanded at the regulated price of $10? Is there a surplus or a
shortage or neither at the regulated price?
(e) What is the deadweight loss to society when the regulated price is $10?
2. (5 points) Assume that the city government announces that public parks in the city belong to the public and from now on the public will be responsible for keeping the parks clean and the government will no longer perform that function. Will the city parks be clean after this change in government policy? Please give an explanation which includes the concept of the free-rider problem.
3. (5 points)
(a) Is electricity for home consumption a public good? Please give an explanation.
(b) Is a traffic light a public good? Please explain.
4. (5 points) In what way are vaccinations (not just for Covid19 but vaccinations in general) a positive or negative externality? Please give an explanation.

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    Question 1a
    1 pts
Full Marks
Price is co
ect
0 pts
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Price is inco
ect
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    Question 1
    1 pts
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Quantity is co
ect
0 pts
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Quantity is inco
ect
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    Question 1c
    1 pts
Full Marks
Price is co
ect
0 pts
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Price is inco
ect
    / 1 pts
    Question 1d
    1 pts
Full Marks
Quantity is co
ect
0 pts
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Quantity is inco
ect
    / 1 pts
    Question 1e
    1 pts
Full Marks
Deadweight loss is co
ect
0 pts
No Marks
Deadweight loss is inco
ect
    / 1 pts
    Question 2
    5 pts
Full Marks
Answer is co
ect and explanation for whether city parks will be clean is given
4 pts
Partial explanation
Answer is co
ect and explanation is given but student does not describe the free rider problem
3 pts
Missing explanation
Student just states the co
ect answer but does not give any explanation
2 pts
Inco
ect answer attempted explanation
Answer is inco
ect and explanation is attempted.
1 pts
Inco
ect answer no explanation
Answer is inco
ect and no explanation is attempted
0 pts
No Marks
Blank answe
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    Question 3a
    3 pts
Full Marks
Student co
ectly states whether it is a public good and discusses the properties of public goods in the explanation.
2 pts
Partial explanation
Student co
ectly states whether it is a public good and only discusses one of the properties of public goods
1 pts
No explanation or inco
ect answe
Student co
ectly states whether it is a public good and does not give any explanation or inco
ectly states whether it is a public good and attempts an explanation
0 pts
No Marks
Inco
ect or blank answe
    / 3 pts
    Question 3
    2 pts
Full Marks
Student co
ectly states whether it is a public good and discusses the properties of public goods in the explanation.
1 pts
partial or no explanation
Student co
ectly states whether it is a public good and only discusses one of the properties of public goods or does not give an explanation
0 pts
No Marks
Inco
ect or blank answe
    / 2 pts
    Question 4
    5 pts
Full Marks
Student co
ectly points out whether it is a positive or negative externality and explains why it is an externality and why it is positive or negative.
4 pts
Partial explanation
Student co
ectly points out whether it is a positive or negative externality and either explains why it is an externality or why it is positive or negative, but does not do both
3 pts
No explanation
Student co
ectly points out whether it is a positive or negative externality and does not give an explanation
2 pts
Inco
ect answer attempted explanation
Student inco
ectly points out whether it is a positive of negative externality and attempts an explanation
1 pts
Inco
ect answer no explanation
Student inco
ectly points out whether it is a positive or negative externality and does not give an explanation.
0 pts
No Marks
Blank answe
    / 5 pts
    Total Points: 0
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Bidusha answered on Aug 13 2021
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Public Goods        4
PUBLIC GOODS
Table of Contents
Response to Questions    3
Answer 1a    3
Answer 1b    3
Answer 1c    3
Answer 1d    3
Answer 1e    3
Answer 2    3
Answer 3a    3
Answer 3b    4
Answer 4    4
References    6
Response to Questions
Answer 1a: An unregulated monopoly will charge $14.
Answer 1b: 15 will be the unregulated monopoly produce since the regulated price is applicable up to 14 units of production.
Answer 1c: The regulated monopoly will produce 14 units.
Answer 1d: the quantity demanded at the regulated price of $10 is 10 units. There is a surplus at the regulated price.
Answer 1e: The deadweight loss is at 0.
Answer 2:
According to my opinion, no, the parks will not be clean any longer if they are publicized. The reason behind such response is that maintaining any public property is a great job that demands responsibility and enough cash flow. A number of monetary as well as human resources are required to maintain a park. If the government, had it handled then taxes would be levied which the free-riders will be bound to pay but when it...
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