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Question: Explain the market failure associated with negative externality. Choose an industry from your home country that creates a negative externality. (Hint: this is your case study that you need to describe in details, provide relevant information, use table, diagrams where appropriate).

How does the government address the negative externality in your case study? Explain using economic theory and illustrate it on a diagram. Suggest your ways in which the market failure associated with negative externality can be addressed. Explain using economic theory and a diagram. (Hint: use real life data from your case study).

Identify the market structure your case study belongs to. (Hint: Briefly explain four market structures, and identify the key factors that distinguish them such as number of sellers, type of product, entry conditions, profits and losses in the short and long run. Identify the key characteristics of your chosen case study in relation to the factors used to differentiate between the market structures. Use real data from your case study).

Using your case study, evaluate the efficiency of your chosen industry. (Hint: compare the allocation of resources and market outcomes between your chosen industry and perfectly competitive market structure using theory and real data from your case study).