It Is Difficult for a Private Market to Provide the Economically

question 89

Multiple Choice

It is difficult for a private market to provide the economically efficient quantity of a public good because

• A)by law governments cannot use cost-benefit analysis to determine this quantity.
• B)public goods produce positive and negative externalities.
• C)individual preferences are not revealed in the market for the good.
• D)it is too expensive to produce the necessary amount of the good.

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