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Q: The parity of these types of interactions may be determined by examining the aggregate marginal utility and private marginal utility curves; these interactions are not occurring where those curves are the same. The positional form of these phenomena results from a perceived need to one-up competitors. Pigouvian taxes are designed to cease these phenomena, which comprise a common market failure when barriers to resolution exist. These are formally defined as effects from a transaction experienced by non-parties to the transaction and can be positive, in which case they are also called Merit goods, or negative, as exemplified by pollution. For 10 points, name these economic phenomena that will practically resolve themselves under certain conditions according to Coases theorem.
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Social Science