a) Could placing a tax on alcohol be a socially optimal response to this action? Using an appropriate diagram, show how a per unit tax might help to internalise the externality.

b) Would the Coase theoerm provide a good solution to the externality in this situation? Why or why not?

c) Ambrose is a responsible drinker, He likes an occasional glass of wine but never drives if he has had any alcohol to drink. He claims that using a tax to present drink - driving is both unfair and inefficient. Show that taxing all alcohol cannot eliminate all dead weight loss if there are both irresponsible people who drink and drive and responsible people like Ambrose.

Question 4 The consumption of alcohol creates a negative extemality because of car accidents caused by drunks. This clearly has a negative effect on the victims of the drunk driver and on society in general through hospital and emergency service costs. a) Could placing a tax on alcohol be a socially optimal response to this action? Using an appropriate diagram, show how a (per-unit) tax might help to 'internalise' the externality. (4 marks) b) Would the Coase theorem provide a good solution to the externality in this situation? Why or why not? Explain. (2 marks) c) Ambrose is a responsible drinker. He likes an occasional glass of wine but never drives if he has had any alcohol to drink. He claims that using a tax to prevent drink-driving is both unfair and inefcient. Show that taxing all alcohol cannot eliminate all dead weight loss if there are both irresponsible people who drink and drive and responsible people like Ambrose