When People Try to Benefit from a Public Good Without

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Multiple Choice

When people try to benefit from a public good without paying for it we call it the

• A) free-rider problem.
• B) duopolists' dilemma.
• C) public goods problem.
• D) taxation problem.

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Definitions:

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