Markets, Efficiency And The Public Interest

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What is the concept called that suggests private individuals can reach an efficient outcome without government involvement when externalities exist, given specific conditions?

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The Coase theorem states that if property rights are well-defined and transaction costs are low, private parties can negotiate to resolve externalities efficiently without government intervention. Arrow’s impossibility theorem relates to social choice theory, the drop-in-the-bucket problem concerns negligible individual impact, and the free rider dilemma involves individuals benefiting without paying.

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