Competitive Markets Generally Give Consumers and Producers Correct Incentives When

question 42

Multiple Choice

Competitive markets generally give consumers and producers correct incentives when

• A) externalities are present in the market.
• B) property rights are well-defined and enforced.
• C) the good being produced and consumed is a pure public good.
• D) there is a substantial lack of information on the part of either buyers or sellers.

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Definitions:

Utility-maximizing Combination

This refers to a situation where a consumer selects a combination of goods and services that provides the highest level of satisfaction or utility, given their budget constraint.

Marginal Utilities

The increased contentment or value obtained by a consumer through the consumption of one extra unit of a good or service.

Diminishing Marginal Utility

The principle that as a person increases consumption of a product, there is a decline in the marginal utility that person derives from consuming each additional unit of that product.

Income Effect

The change in an individual's or economy's income and how that change will affect the quantity demanded of a good or service.