Springfield mogul Montgomery Burns, age 80, wants to retire at age 100 so he can steal candy from babies full time. Once Mr. Bur
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- It should be noted that the failure to vaccinate some children isn an external cost. [See the attached graph]
- The social cost curve is also indicated accordingly.
- From an efficiency perspective, subsidizing vaccines <em>does</em> make sense because, without the subsidy, the equilibrium quantity is <em>less</em> than the socially optimal quantity.
- The school nurse suggests publishing a list of which kids did not get a flu vaccine, in the hope that public shaming will lead people to vaccinate their children. The school nurse is hoping that social norms will act like a <em>punishment </em>and lead the market to a<em> socially efficient </em>
- The flaws that the school nurse's suggestion have are:
- People that feel passionate about not vaccinating are typically doing so for medical or religious reasons and will not sway to social norms or peer pressure. (Option B)
- The school would potentially face a lawsuit because sharing protected health information (PHI), like immunization records, without parents' consent could be a violation depending on the regulations of the state. (Option C)
In neoclassical economics, the social cost is the total of the transaction's private costs plus the costs imposed on consumers as a result of being exposed to the process for which they are not rewarded or taxed.
In other words, it is the total of internal and external expenses.
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