If the Benefit of a Public Good Is Small to Each

question 137

Multiple Choice

If the benefit of a public good is small to each individual in a society of millions of individuals:

• A) it will never be efficient for government to provide the public good.
• B) the total benefit will be large since social benefit is the sum of all individual benefits.
• C) the total benefit will be small since individuals cannot share the benefits of public goods.
• D) it cannot really be a public good since the benefit of public goods is always large.

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