The Cost of Producing an Additional Unit of a Good

question 351

Multiple Choice

The cost of producing an additional unit of a good or service that falls on people other than the producer of that good or service is the

• A) marginal external cost.
• B) marginal private cost.
• C) marginal social cost.
• D) None of the above answers is correct.

Describe how the market demand for public and private goods is derived.

Identify and explain the free-rider problem associated with public goods.

Explain the concept of the optimal level of provision for public goods.

Understand the principles behind the Tiebout hypothesis and Samuelson's theory of public expenditure.

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