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Volume :21 Issue : 3 1993
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The Role of Government in Achieving Production and Consumption Efficiency in the Case of Necessary Goods
Auther : Abdul-Khader Attiya
This study aims at determining the principles according to which the governments can intervene in order to redress the failures of necessary good markets. In addition, it tries to evaluate the policies adopted by some governments in this respect, using such principles. The study shows that the government role is determined according to:
1)The goal it stresses,(optimal allocation, just distribution, or self sufficency).
2) Market structure.
3)Conditionof cost (decreasing or increasing).