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Jones and Smith live in the same apartment building. Jones loves to play his opera recordings so loudly that Smith can hear them. Smith suffers $600 worth of damages. From an efficiency perspective, Jones should be allowed to play his opera music. Suppose the apartment building does not have any rules about noise. Jones and Smith can bargain at zero cost. According to the Coase Theorem, Jones will pay $0 to Smith to compensate for the negative externality. Now suppose the apartment building passes a rule that says residents are not allowed to play music their neighbors can hear if any of the neighbors object. As before, Jones and Smith can bargain at zero cost. According to the Coase Theorem, to compensate for the positive externality deadweight loss negative externality

          Jones and Smith live in the same apartment building. Jones loves to play his opera recordings so loudly that Smith can hear them. Smith suffers $600 worth of damages.

From an efficiency perspective, Jones should be allowed to play his opera music.

Suppose the apartment building does not have any rules about noise. Jones and Smith can bargain at zero cost.

According to the Coase Theorem, Jones will pay $0 to Smith to compensate for the negative externality.

Now suppose the apartment building passes a rule that says residents are not allowed to play music their neighbors can hear if any of the neighbors object. As before, Jones and Smith can bargain at zero cost.

According to the Coase Theorem, to compensate for the
positive externality
deadweight loss
negative externality

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Jones and Smith live in the same apartment building. Jones loves to play his opera recordings so loudly that Smith can hear them. Smith suffers $600 worth of damages. From an efficiency perspective, Jones should be allowed to play his opera music. Suppose the apartment building does not have any rules about noise. Jones and Smith can bargain at zero cost. According to the Coase Theorem, Jones will pay $0 to Smith to compensate for the negative externality. Now suppose the apartment building passes a rule that says residents are not allowed to play music their neighbors can hear if any of the neighbors object. As before, Jones and Smith can bargain at zero cost. According to the Coase Theorem, to compensate for the positive externality deadweight loss negative externality

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00:01 Bruno loves playing rock and roll music at high volume.

00:05 Placito loves opera and hates rock and roll.

00:08 Unfortunately, they're next door neighbors in an apartment building with paper thin walls.

00:12 A, what is the externality here? b, what command and control policy might the landlord impose? could such a policy lead to an efficient outcome? c, suppose a landlord lets the tenants do whatever they want.

00:25 According to the coast theorem, how might bruno and placito reach an efficient outcome on their own? what might prevent them from reaching? efficient outcome.

00:34 An externality arises when a person engages in an activity that affects the well -being of others either positively or negatively, for which they are not compensated for nor pay the price.

00:47 Externalities can be positive or negative.

00:50 If the impact on the other individual is positive, it is a positive externality.

00:56 If the impact of the activity on the other individuals is negative, then it's called a negative externality.

01:03 A.

01:04 Bruno's playing of music on high volume affects his next -door neighbor placito negatively as he likes opera and dislikes rock and roll, which is what bruno is playing.

01:13 Therefore, it's a negative externality because it negatively affects placito.

01:19 B, the landlord could use the command and control measure as a response to the externality.

01:24 He could regulate bruno's behavior by making it a rule to not play loud music and set a limit for the volume of the music being played...

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