Consider a Good for Which the Number of People Who

question 395

Multiple Choice

Consider a good for which the number of people who benefit from the good is large and the exclusion of any one those people is impossible. In this case, the market for this good will likely

• A)be provided by a private firm rather than the government.
• B)have a free-rider problem.
• C)not exist.
• D)be limited to a small number of units of production.

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