Classifying a Good as Excludable Means

question 64

Multiple Choice

Classifying a good as excludable means

• A)that someone can be barred from consuming the good based on race, creed, or some other irrelevant characteristic.
• B)that anyone who does not pay for the good cannot consume it.
• C)that consumption of the good causes no externalities.
• D)that a producer with patent or copyright protection can exclude any other producer from selling his product.

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Definitions:

Credit Policies

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Switching

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Net Present Value

A financial metric that calculates the value today of future cash flows, discounted at a particular rate.

Monthly Interest Rate

The interest rate charged on a loan or realized on an investment over a month's time period.