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Unit 6: Market Failure and the Role of Government

AP Microeconomics — Note Packet

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Key Terms

Allocative Efficiency

When society produces the ________ quantity of a good or service, where MSB = MSC.

Marginal Social Benefit (MSB)

The extra ________ to society from one more unit of a good or service.

Marginal Social Cost (MSC)

The extra ________ to society from one more unit of a good or service.

Deadweight Loss

The lost consumer and producer surplus, or societal ________, because the market isn't producing the efficient quantity.

Market Failure

Occurs when markets fail to achieve an ________ efficient outcome, leading to deadweight loss.

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