The Free-Rider Problem Is

question 43

Multiple Choice

The free-rider problem is

• A) a concept of a person profiting from the activities of others without participating in those activities.
• B) the view that the costs of large groups collectively organizing are high and the benefits to individual members are relatively low.
• C) any benefit that if available to one member of the community cannot be denied to any other, regardless of whether he or she bore any of the costs of providing it.
• D) a conception of bureaucratic policymaking in which it is dominated by congressional committees, interest groups, and bureaucratic agencies.

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