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Environmental Market Failure: Causes and Analysis

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 17 May 2019

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Understanding the specific causes of environmental failure is crucial to scoring high marks in exams. This is the first video in two looking at the economics of environmental market failure. In the first video we look at some of the major causes of environmental market failure and revising the analysis diagrams that can score high marks in the exam.

Environmental Market Failure: (Causes and Analysis)
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