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Case Study No. 3 Course: Microeconomics (Econ-101) Academic Year:1440-1441 H Student name: Semester: 1st Student grade: / 20 CRN: Level of the marks: Student ID: Instructions: ➢ This Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder. ➢ Email submission will not be accepted. ➢ You are advised to make your work clear and well-presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page. ➢ Assignment will be evaluated through BB Safe Assign tool. ➢ Late submission will result in ZERO marks being awarded. ➢ The work should be your own, copying from students or other resources will result in ZERO marks. ➢ Use Times New Roman font 12 for all your answers. CASE STUDY 3 : SMOKING AT IKE’S BAR-B-Q PIT By 2013, only 10 states in the U.S. had not issued statewide bans on smoking in any nongovernment-owned spaces. Ike’s Bar-B-Q Pit is located in a state that allows smoking in restaurants and bars. Some of Ike’s nonsmoking customers, including some who suffer from asthma, have petitioned Ike to adopt a no-smoking rule for his restaurant. Upon hearing of the petition, some of Ike’s other customers complained that they have smoked in Ike’s restaurant for years and would not patronize the restaurant if the no-smoking rule were adopted. Ike is greatly concerned because he does not wish to lose business from either his smoking or nonsmoking customers. Private Solutions to Externalities: The Coase Theorem Learning Objective: Discuss the Coase theorem and explain how private bargaining can lead to economic efficiency in a market with an externality. Although government intervention may increase economic efficiency in markets where externalities are present, it is possible for people to find private solutions to the problem of externalities. Ronald Coase made this argument in a 1960 article. To understand Coase’s argument, it is important to understand that completely eliminating an externality is usually not economically efficient. A. The Economically Efficient Level of Pollution Reduction The optimal decision is to continue any activity up to the point where the marginal benefit equals the marginal cost. This applies to reducing pollution just as much as other activities. As pollution declines, society benefits, but the marginal benefit from eliminating another unit of pollution declines as emissions are reduced. As pollution declines, the marginal cost of further reductions rises. The net benefit to society from reducing pollution is equal to the difference between the benefit of reducing pollution and the cost. To maximize the net benefit to society, any type of pollution should be reduced to the point where the marginal benefit from another ton of reduction is equal to the marginal cost. B. The Basis for Private Solutions to Externalities In arguing that private solutions to the problem of externalities were possible, Ronald Coase emphasized that when more than the optimal level of pollution is occurring, the benefits from reducing the pollution to the optimal level are greater than the costs. C. Do Property Rights Matter? Ronald Coase pointed out that the amount of pollution reduction will be the same whether polluters or the victims of pollution are legally liable for damages. Bargaining between the parties will result in the same reduction in pollution, where the marginal benefit of the last unit of reduction is equal to the marginal cost. D. The Problem of Transactions Costs There are frequently practical difficulties in the way of a private solution to the problem of externalities. For example, if many people suffer from the negative effects of pollution, bringing all the victims together with all the producers of the pollution to negotiate an agreement often fails due to high transactions costs. Transactions costs are the costs in time and other resources that parties incur in the process of agreeing to and carrying out an exchange of goods or services. E. The Coase Theorem The Coase theorem is the argument of economist Ronald Coase that if transactions costs are low, private bargaining will result in an efficient solution to the problem of externalities. Private bargaining is most likely to reach an efficient outcome when the number of bargaining parties is small and all parties are willing to accept a reasonable agreement. Because Ike’s restaurant is not in a state that regulates smoking in public places, Ike decides to meet with his smoking and nonsmoking customers to accommodate both of their wishes regarding his smoking policy. 1) Draw a graph illustrating the externality associated with smoking in Ike’s Bar-B-Q Pit 2) Explain how this externality causes a deviation from economic efficiency in this market. 3) Do you think the Coase Theorem applies to this case? 4) Suggest a solution that would be consistent with the Coase theorem, that is a solution that would enhance the well-being of Ike’s customers and increase economic efficiency. Answers:
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Case Study 3: Smoking at Ike’s Bar-B-Q Pit
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CASE STUDY 3: SMOKING AT IKE’S BAR-B-Q PIT
Question 1
The graph below shows the externality resulting from cigarette smoking
in Ike's Bar-B-Q P, the diagram shows that an increase in the (tobacco) quantity of cigarettes
consumed increases loss of social welfare and hence causing a negative externality.

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Question 2
This externality results from a deviation from the market efficiency because the
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