In each case listed below, can you rationalize the government policy on the basis of welfare economics?

First define welfare economics

a. In Islamabad, the police respond to 127 ,000 burglar alarm calls per year. There is no charge. (97 percent of the alarms are false.)

b. Wheat production is subsidized by the federal government.

c. The federal government regulates the production of leather bags, requiring that at least 25 percent of each bag by weight contain pure leather and that no more than 15 percent of synthetic material. There are no regulations in the leather shoe industry.

d. In Lahore you cannot become a pharmacist without a license from the city government.

Course : Public Sector Economics