Economics
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Analysing and Evaluating Government Intervention in Markets
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Last updated 2 Jul 2018
This study note provides an overview of the different forms of government intervention in markets

Summary - evaluating government intervention in markets
- How significant is the market failure? (consequences)
- Can the market / price mechanism find some solutions?
- What are the likely consequences of not intervening?
- How effective is an intervention? (i.e. consider alternatives)
- Who are the winners / losers from an intervention?
- Consider the potential for one or more government failures
- Which works best – market-based or regulatory (“command and control”) approaches?
- What impact might behavioural interventions have?
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