Subsidy for positive externality: A per-unit payment to producers or consumers to increase output to the socially optimal level when a positive externality exists.
How to apply it: Show that a subsidy shifts the supply curve down (or demand curve up), increasing quantity toward the socially optimal level.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Market Failure and the Role of Government
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