When an Activity Results in the Creation of External Benefits

question 61

True/False

When an activity results in the creation of external benefits, markets will produce more than the socially optimal level of that activity.

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Definitions:

Gross Private Domestic Investment

The total amount of capital investment in domestic assets by the private sector, including expenditures on physical assets like machinery, buildings, and equipment.

Expenditures Approach

A way of computing GDP by adding up the dollar value at current market prices of all final goods and services.

Income Approach

Method of finding GDP by adding all the incomes earned in the production of final goods and services.

Gross Domestic Product

The overall market or monetary value of all completed goods and services that have been created inside the confines of a nation during a defined timeframe.