Suppose Twenty Neighbors Share a Park

question 19

Multiple Choice

Suppose twenty neighbors share a park.One of the neighbors,Al,leaves trash in the park.This bothers the other neighbors.According to Coase's Theorem,assigning the property rights to the park to Al

• A) will achieve the socially optimal quantity of trash.
• B) will result in zero trash being dumped in the park.
• C) might still not achieve the social optimum since coordinating the other nineteen neighbors can be costly.
• D) is unfair.

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