Markets Provide the Efficient Amount of a Good or Service

question 184

Multiple Choice

Markets provide the efficient amount of a good or service when

• A) externalities are present.
• B) monopoly exists.
• C) public goods are present.
• D) competition is present and externalities and public goods are absent.

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Definitions:

Homeostasis

The process by which biological systems maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in external conditions.

Drive

An innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need.

Delay Gratification

The ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and wait for a later, often greater reward.

Delay Gratification

The capacity to withstand the urge for an instant gratification in favor of a future reward.