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book Economics: A Contemporary Introduction 9th Edition by William McEachern cover

Economics: A Contemporary Introduction 9th Edition by William McEachern

Edition 9ISBN: 9780538453745
book Economics: A Contemporary Introduction 9th Edition by William McEachern cover

Economics: A Contemporary Introduction 9th Edition by William McEachern

Edition 9ISBN: 9780538453745
Exercise 5
THE COASE THEOREM Suppose a firm pollutes a stream that has a recreational value only when pollution is below a certain level. If transaction costs are low, why does the assignment of property rights to the stream lead to the same (efficient) level of pollution whether the firm or recreational users own the stream?
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Same level of pollution:
When the river...

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