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The Government of Country Y owns and controls many businesses. "The public sector always produces goods and services more efficiently than privately owned businesses', a Government minister recently said. Other ministers disagree and want to privatize many state-owned businesses. The private sector businesses in Country Y produce 55 per cent of total output - mainly in services such as transport, tourism and finance. The secondary sector of industry produces 35 per cent of total output.

a) What is meant by public sector"? [2 marks]

b) Identify two industries in the secondary sector. [2 marks]

Industry 1:
Industry 2:

c) Identify and explain two reasons why the tertiary sector of industry is becoming more important in most economies. [4 marks]

Reason 1:
Explanation :
Reason 2:
Explanation

Five times the sum of a number and 27 is greater then or equal to six times the of that number and 26. what is the solution set to this proportion?

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms.a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

You are thinking of making your mansion more energy efficient by replacing some of the light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, and insulating part or all of your exterior walls. each compact fluorescent light bulb costs $4 and saves you an average of $2 per year in energy costs, and each square foot of wall insulation costs $1 and saves you an average of $0.20 per year in energy costs.† your mansion has 150 light fittings and 3000 sq ft of uninsulated exterior wall. to impress your friends, you would like to spend as much as possible, but save no more than $750 per year in energy costs (you are proud of your large utility bills). how many compact fluorescent light bulbs and how many square feet of insulation should you purchase? how much will you save in energy costs per year? (if an answer does not exist, enter dne.)