answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The government generally steps in, in cases where there is market failure, where the market fails to make efficient allocation. In the government's model (or the public sector) there is no price competition i.e. the government's aim is to provide good quality output such that both ends benefit (that is the producer and the consumer) in terms of price paid. For ex: The government offers a reserve price for farmers so that if private players offer a lower price farmers can realise atleast the minimum reserve price by selling to the government, while they output gets distributed at the PDS at a price lower than private players offer, because the objective of the government unlike private sector is not profit making but efficient allocation in an attempt to make all better off.

In some cases there is no alternative but government taking responsibility like for public goods, because of the property of non-exclusion.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: When the government produces goods and services does it always compete with producers in the private sector?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions