Sometimes, Public Goods Whose Benefits Are Less Than Their Costs

question 134

Multiple Choice

Sometimes, public goods whose benefits are less than their costs still get produced because:

• A) The marginal benefit is still larger than the marginal cost
• B) Of externalities in production
• C) The benefits accrue to politically powerful government officials and their constituents
• D) Of market failures

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