The Market Demand Curve for a Public Good

question 24

Multiple Choice

The market demand curve for a public good

• A)is the horizontal sum of all individual demand curves
• B)is the vertical sum of all individual demand curves.
• C)is upward sloping
• D)is horizontal
• E)does not exist

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