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Suppose the smell from Paula and Dean’s baking is causing tummies to rumble. Th...

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Suppose the smell from Paula and Dean’s baking is causing tummies to rumble. The private market for pies is given by: 

Demand: P = 36 – 2Q 

Supply: P = 3 + Q 

The delicious scent in the air is creating an external benefit of $6 per pie. 

1. How many fewer pies are being baked than is socially optimal? 

2. What is the deadweight loss associated with this underproduction? $

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