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Collective Action Problem explains Public Goods. Activate to inspect this relation.Externality causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Financial market is a Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Information asymmetry causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Institutions constrains Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Institutions is part of State. Activate to inspect this relation.Market failure requires Regulation. Activate to inspect this relation.Market failure applies to Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Perfect competition applies to Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Power influences Institutions. Activate to inspect this relation.Price is part of Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Property Rights depends on State. Activate to inspect this relation.Property Rights enables Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Public good causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Public Goods causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Redistribution requires State. Activate to inspect this relation.Regulation depends on Administrative Law. Activate to inspect this relation.Regulation is part of Public policy. Activate to inspect this relation.Regulation is part of State. Activate to inspect this relation.Rent-seeking causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Rent-seeking depends on Power. Activate to inspect this relation.Rent-seeking emerges from Public choice theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Trade is part of Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Tragedy of the commons is a Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Market failureRegulationPublic GoodsRent-seekingTragedy of the commonsMarketExternalityInformation asymmetryPublic goodAdministrative LawPublic policyStateCollective Action ProblemPowerPublic choice theoryFinancial marketTradeInstitutionsProperty RightsPerfect competitionPriceRedistribution
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16 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Biology, Ecological Economics, Economics, Engineering….

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Market failure

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At a glance

In neoclassical economics, market failure is a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not Pareto efficient, often leading to a net loss of economic value.

Disciplines
Economics · Political Economy
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Ecological Economics, Public Administration
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8 · 4 relation families
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  • Administrative Law1
    Public Administration · connects to Regulation
  • Economics1
    Economics · connects to Political economy
  • Energy transfer1
    Biology, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Nutrition Science, Physics · connects to Power
  • Externality1
    Ecological Economics, Economics · connects to Market failure
  • Financial market1
    Economics, Finance · connects to Market

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  • This view connects 10 disciplines: Ecological Economics, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration.
  • Market failure is a bridge concept — viewed here through Economics, Political Economy.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Networks explains 3 concepts in this view (Economics, Finance, Political Economy).

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