Why Will a Private Market Be Unable to Produce the Efficient

question 51

Multiple Choice

Why will a private market be unable to produce the efficient quantity of public goods?

• A) because the good's marginal cost is too low
• B) because the good is nonexcludable, so there is the free rider problem
• C) because the good is rival, so no one will want to pay the producer for it
• D) All of the above answers are correct.

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