Introduction
Ideally, if the government left the markets to themselves, there should be a form of market efficiency, only that there is not. Government interventions and rules affect supply and demand of products, so when there are subsidies and quotas, the equilibrium price goes down or up, affecting the quantity of products in the market. On a free market situation, externalities and public goods disrupt the market efficiency, causing market failures. Externalities can be defined as those costs or benefits that are not entirely borne by the market (Library Economics Liberty, 2002). Public goods are services and goods designed for ...
