How do governments attempt to correct market failure and what is government failure?

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  • Created on: 20-12-11 16:01
What is indirect taxation
taxes levied on expenditure
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What is a subsidy?
Grant provided by the gov to encourage production/consumtion of a particular good
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What are tradable pollution permits?
an emissions trading sytem
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What is carbon offsetting?
paying for removal of same amount of carbon emissions elsewhere
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What are renwable energy certificates?
certificates that you must buy from the government if you cannot use renewable energy
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What are property rights?
rights allocated by the gov about what rights you have on a property
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What are buffer stock schemes?
operated by the gov to reduce price fluxations of a commodity and stabilise producer incomes
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What is minimum pricing?
garanteed price scheme
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What is a subsidy?

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