Externalities and Property Rights
Tyler Cowen, who blogs at marginalrevolution.com,
explains public goods, externalities, and free riders in
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics:
www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PublicGoodsandExternalities.html
Armen Alchian explains the economic significance of
property rights:
www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/Enc/PropertyRights.html
N.
Gregory Mankiw argues that a carbon tax is the most
promising solution to global warming:
www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/business/16view.html?ex=1347595200&en=c01f6ef93ec7eb6e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
When economists talk about externalities, they often talk
about the Coase Theorem. It is explained here in this short
biographical sketch of the contributions to economics of
Ronald Coase:
www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/Enc/bios/Coase.html
When is bigger better? Here is an article that explains
three cases in which bigger is better, cases of economies of
scale, network economies, and economies of scope.
www.strategy-business.com/press/16635507/03402
These links were checked on July 5, 2008.
  
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