ECS3704 Activity 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DUE 1 September 2024
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Public Economics (ECS3704)
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University Of South Africa (Unisa)
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Public Economics
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Bureaucrats, driven by incentives such as increased power, prestige, and budget size,
often aim to maximize their budgets. This behavior can lead to the oversupply of public
goods, as depicted in the diagrams.
1. Diagram (a): Total Social Cost (TSC) and Total Social Benefit (TSB):
o The diagram shows that at the socially optimal level of public goods, Q0
, the gap between TSB and TSC is maximized, indicating the greatest
net benefit to society.
o Bureaucrats, however, push the provision of public goods to Q1, where
TSB equals TSC, but at a point where marginal social cost (MSC)
exceeds marginal social benefit (MSB).
2. Diagram (b): Marginal Social Cost (MSC) and Marginal Social Benefit
(MSB):
o The intersection of MSC and MSB at point EEE indicates the socially
optimal level Q0.
o Bureaucratic maximization shifts production to Q1, where the area
EGFEGFEGF represents a welfare loss, as MSC exceeds MSB by the
distance FG.
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