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Jerod wakes up on Monday morning and spends an hour studying for his geography exam that afternoon.When he is done, he spends an hour studying for his sociology exam later that morning.When the geology exam is handed out, Jerod is confident he will do well, but during the exam he keeps recalling information from his sociology class, rather than the information he needs for his geology exam.In this example, Jerod's test performance has been affected by:
Free-rider Problem
A situation in which some individuals benefit from resources or services without paying for them, leading to underprovision of those goods or services.
Marginal Private Benefit
The additional benefit received by the consumer or producer from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.
Marginal Social Cost
The additional cost imposed on society as a whole from producing one more unit of a good or service.
Socially Optimal
is a condition or outcome in which the allocation of resources maximizes the overall benefit to society.
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