If Taxpayers Can Enjoy Mosquito Abatement Whether or Not They

question 70

Multiple Choice

If taxpayers can enjoy mosquito abatement whether or not they pay for it and, therefore, they tend to understate their true valuation of the spraying, this is an example of

• A)private goods
• B)the median-voter model
• C)an open-access good
• D)the free-rider problem
• E)irrational ignorance

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