Consider a Childhood Vaccination Program That Is Fully Effective If

question 105

Multiple Choice

Consider a childhood vaccination program that is fully effective if all children are vaccinated.Now suppose that all children except one are vaccinated - and as a result that one child will not contract the disease.In economics,we can compare this situation to

• A)the free- rider problem.
• B)asymmetric information.
• C)common property problem.
• D)moral hazard.
• E)adverse selection.

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