We Determine the Economy's Marginal Benefit Curve for a Public

question 49

Multiple Choice

We determine the economy's marginal benefit curve for a public good or service by

• A) vertically summing the individual marginal benefit curves of each member of society.
• B) horizontally summing the individual marginal benefits curves of each member of society.
• C) multiplying the marginal benefits of each member of society.
• D) dividing the sum of the marginal benefits of each member of society by the number of people in society.
• E) vertically summing the individual firm's marginal cost curves.

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