When You and Your Friends Enjoy Loud Music at a Party

question 31

Multiple Choice

When you and your friends enjoy loud music at a party late at night,your neighbors also experience that noise and may not appreciate it.Your enjoyment of a benefit-music played loudly-affects others who consider it a cost.This spillover is an example of a/an ____________________.

• A) common good
• B) externality
• C) club good
• D) contaminent
• E) public good

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Erikson

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