The Market Demand for a Public Good Can Be Determined

question 6

Multiple Choice

The market demand for a public good can be determined by

• A)adding up the total private benefits and external benefits that each quantity provides the citizens of a country.
• B)adding up how much each citizen expects to consume at each possible price.
• C)adding up how much each consumer is willing to pay for each unit of the public good.
• D)estimating the value of the benefit that each unit provides and multiplying that by the number of consumers.

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