Pecuniary externalities do not imply market failure , and are not true externalities (FREC 424 Natural Resource Economics ) INCLUDEPICTURE \d "lec03-1 .gif " Externalities and Government Intervention : In industrialized economies , Government revenues come mainly from direct taxes on personal income and company profits , indirect taxes on purchases of goods and services , and contributions to state run social security schemes . The government spends money on public goods because there is a market failure when public goods are left entirely to private markets . Thus...











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