As with Many Public Goods, Determining the Appropriate Level of Government

question 336

Multiple Choice

As with many public goods, determining the appropriate level of government support for the production of general knowledge is difficult because

• A)patents correct for an unknown portion of the externality.
• B)benefits are hard to measure.
• C)members of Congress are often experts in the sciences.
• D)the costs always exceed the benefits.

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