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Provide a brief description of negative externalities

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Assessment - Research Essay

Please note that this question requires substantial research (see the assessment criteria below).

(a) Critically compare and contrast the characteristics of four market structures (ie. monopoly, oligopoly, perfect competition or monopolistic competition) regarding the allocation of resources. Provide a real life example of each market structure.

In answering this question you need to

- Discuss the key features of each market structure such as number of sellers, type of product, entry conditions.

- Using diagrams, explain short run and long run profits and losses in four market structures.

- Compare the allocation of resources in monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition market structures with perfectly competitive market structure.

(b) Explain what negative externalities are, and why there may be a case for government intervention to address them. Choose one example from your country to analyse how your government has addressed the presence of negative externalities in the market. Explain using diagrams whether monopoly is socially preferred market structure to the perfectly competitive market in the presence of negative externality.

In answering this question you need to

- Provide a brief description of negative externalities. Use diagrams to illustrate your discussion.

- Provide data for the case study from your home country.

- Using economic theory and real data from your case study analyse government solution to the problem of externality.

- Explain the effect of externality on monopoly and perfectly competitive market outcomes (i.e. price and quantity) including dead-weight loss.

Illustrate your analysis on the diagram(s).

Additional marks

Overall presentation of work, especially use of graphs, clear written expression.

Appropriate use of referencing.

Assessment criteria

- You must refer to the textbook in the first instance. Besides the textbook, you should also refer to a few other academic books, journal articles and relevant websites in answering these questions.

- Use in-text referencing and provide a list of references.

- All submissions for this course must use the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style (details can be obtained here).

- Concepts must be defined accurately and completely.

- The assumptions upon which the analysis is based must be stated at the onset.

- Diagrams must be drawn properly, correctly labelled and the relations they depict explained.

Length 3,000 words

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The project is about the depth analysis of the market structure. there are four types of market structure. Monopoly defined as a market situation in which a single seller or producer controls over a supply of goods and service and there is no entry of any producer against the firm. we have also add dead weight loss with the proper diagram.

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Hey, Hope you are doing well. I need this assingment free from plagirism. Examples should be based on Pakistan coutries. All work will be done according to the situation of Pakistan economic activities. Thanks In answering this question you need to • Discuss the key features of each market structure such as number of sellers, type of product, entry conditions. • Using diagrams, explain short run and long run profits and losses in four market structures. • Compare the allocation of resources in monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition market structures with perfectly competitive market structure.

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