Unit 6
AP Microeconomics Unit 6: Market Failure and the Role of Government
When a market alone does not reach the efficient quantity: externalities, public goods, government intervention in different market structures, and inequality.
Topics
Unit check
10 questions drawn from every lesson in Unit 6. Each wrong answer links back to where the idea is taught.
Labs for this unit
- Topics 4.2 and 6.4 The Natural Monopoly Graph Label a natural monopoly's demand and marginal revenue, then mark the price and quantity it picks to maximize profit, or the one a regulator sets. The page checks your graph.
- Topics 6.1, 6.2 and 6.4 The Externality Graph Label a competitive market's private benefit and cost, add the social line the market leaves out, and mark the socially optimal quantity and price. The page checks your graph.