Identify what government has done -or should do- to encourage or discourage this activity and the ways in which society is served -or would be served- by government action.

Spillover effects, or externalities, occur all around us. Some spillover effects are big enough to merit government action: policies to either provide a public good that the private markets have overlooked, to encourage activity that brings external benefits to society, or to discourage or prohibit activity that imposes external costs.
Research to find at least three suitable sources of information about some market activity with a spillover effect. Read each article to ensure that it is relevant.

In the subject line of your posting state the market activity that offers spillover benefits OR a market activity that imposes spillover costs. Be specific. Some examples include: beekeeping, using the tunnel at rush hour, getting a higher education, or making paper (in the traditional way).
Identify who is most impacted by the spillover effects: summarize your research findings. Here is your chance to show you can appropriately use terms like external benefit/cost, private benefit/cost, free-rider, corrective tax/subsidy.
Identify what government has done -or should do- to encourage or discourage this activity and the ways in which society is served -or would be served- by government action.
Include your opinion: Do you believe government has served the general public interest by its actions, or would we be better off without this market intervention? Is this a case of government failure to fix a market failure?
Cite your sources with working links to each for your readers to easily access your sources. This means that you should block off some text and use the “chainlink” symbol just above the text field. Your readers should be able to click on your links and go to your sources. This is important.
Comment upon at least one other students’ posting, especially upon the reasons that any particular source contained the perspective it did. Use critical reasoning in being cautious of accepting information from questionable sources. Remember to be critical of ideas, not people.
All of these seven elements will contribute to your score.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS of college-level writing include providing a title (in your subject line, please), proper punctuation and grammar, cited sources, and paragraphs that divide your ideas into meaningful “chunks”. Without these elements, I will not accept your submission.
Recommendation: Some topic relating to CONGESTION PRICING. This (Links to an external site.)New York (Links to an external site.)Times article (Links to an external site.) contains an example of how congestion pricing is applied.

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