Private Markets Will NOT Provide the Efficient Quantity of a Public

question 162

Multiple Choice

Private markets will NOT provide the efficient quantity of a public good because

• A) of the principle of minimum differentiation.
• B) public goods are rival and excludable.
• C) of rational ignorance.
• D) of the free-rider problem.

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