Externalities and the Coase Theorem: My neighbor never cuts his grass or cleans up his yard. Doing the work necessary to make the yard look nice would cause $400 of disutility for him. On the other hand, having to look at his messy yard causes me $600 in disutility. a. Suppose I have the right to require him to clean up his yard, though he can continue to have a messy yard if he pays me enough to get me to accept it. Will he pay me, or will he clean up his yard? Explain.
b. Suppose instead that he has the right to keep his yard as he wishes, but I can pay him to clean it up if I wish. Will I pay him enough to get him to clean up his yard? Explain.
c. Based on your answers to (a) and (b), does the final result (whether or not the yard gets cleaned up) depend on the definition of property rights (whether he has the right to a messy yard, or whether I have the right to require him to clean it up)? Explain. Does the definition of property rights affect the overall well-being of the two parties involved? (Am I better off in one case or the other? Is my neighbor better off in one case or the other?) Explain.

Exercise 18-15 sheffield appliance center is an experienced home appliance dealer. sheffield appliance center also offers a number of services for the home appliances that it sells. assume that sheffield appliance center sells ovens on a standalone basis. sheffield appliance center also sells installation services and maintenance services for ovens. however, sheffield appliance center does not offer installation or maintenance services to customers who buy ovens from other vendors. pricing for ovens is as follows. oven only $790 oven with installation service 850 oven with maintenance services 970 oven with installation and maintenance services 990 in each instance in which maintenance services are provided, the maintenance service is separately priced within the arrangement at $180. additionally, the incremental amount charged by sheffield appliance center for installation approximates the amount charged by independent third parties. ovens are sold subject to a general right of return. if a customer purchases an oven with installation and/or maintenance services, in the event sheffield appliance center does not complete the service satisfactorily, the customer is only entitled to a refund of the portion of the fee that exceeds $790. assume that a customer purchases an oven with both installation and maintenance services for $990. (b) indicate the amount of revenue that should be allocated to the oven, the installation, and to the maintenance contract.

You are given the following information about aggregate demand at the existing price level for an economy: (1) consumption = $400 billion, (2) investment = $40 billion, (3) government purchases = $90 billion, and (4) net export = $25 billion. if the full-employment level of gdp for this economy is $600 billion, then what combination of actions would be most consistent with closing the gdp gap here?

Suppose there is a 6 percent increase in the price of good x and a resulting 6 percent decrease in the quantity of x demanded. price elasticity of demand for x is a. 0 b. 6 c. 1 d. 36