The Total Demand for a Public Good Is Found by

question 111

Multiple Choice

The total demand for a public good is found by

• A) horizontally summing all individual demands.
• B) vertically summing all individual demands.
• C) finding the demand from the median voter.
• D) dividing the marginal cost of the good by the number of voters.

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Definitions:

Average Cost

The total cost of production divided by the quantity of output produced; it's a measure of how much it costs, on average, to produce one unit of output.

Deadweight Loss

A situation in economics where the total of consumer and producer surplus is not maximized due to factors like taxes or subsidies.

Monopoly Output

The quantity of goods or services produced and offered for sale by a monopolist, set to maximize profits under conditions of limited competition.

Competitive Output

The level of output at which a firm in a competitive market maximizes its profits, determined by the intersection of the industry's supply and demand curves.