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Externalities can be either positive or negative in their effects. Pollution causes negative externality effects, whereas landscaping of a corporate headquarters has a positive externality effect. Economic Theory and Policy Choice 25 Infant Industry A classic argument in support of protection is the infant industry argument. This argument goes back to the time of Adam Smith and before. 12 It is also another case in which market imperfections in the form of an externality plays a role. The argument suggests that new industries (infants) in underdeveloped countries are unable to compete head-to-head with firms in more developed countries since they lack the experience and knowledge necessary to reduce production costs.
Trade liberalization can make a country worse off in the presence of a cultural externality. Thus, it is conceivable that Europe might reduce its national welfare if it eliminated domestic content requirements on television and movie screenings. Public Goods Perhaps the most common economic argument in support of government intervention is the need to provide public goods. Public goods, of which national defense is the most notable example, have two defining characteristics: nonexcludability and nonrivalry.
However, these examples are sufficient to demonstrate the main point: in the presence of a market imperfection it is possible for a government to intervene in a calculable way to improve national economic efficiency and raise the average well-being of its residents. The common method to correct for these problems is the use of government taxes, transfers, and domestic regulations. 13 A key finding of this theory was to show that if a market imperfection were present, the addition of another distortion could actually improve the outcome for a country.