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Economics of the Market

Quick questions on Market failure and government intervention - SQA Higher Economics

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Explain why street lighting is a public good that a free market would not provide. [3 marks]
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State two ways, other than taxation, that a government could reduce the consumption of a demerit good. [2 marks]

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