Which of the Following Types of Goods Is Subject to the Free-Rider

question 194

Multiple Choice

Which of the following types of goods is subject to the free-rider problem?

• A) a private good
• B) a public good
• C) a product that creates a positive externality
• D) a product that creates a negative externality

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Definitions:

Terminal Button

The end part of an axon that makes synaptic connections with another nerve cell or with an effector cell.

Synapse

A junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.

Otto Loewi

A pharmacologist and physiologist who discovered the first neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, demonstrating chemical communication between nerve cells.

Synapse

The junction between two neurons or a neuron and a muscle, where nerve impulses pass by diffusion of neurotransmitters.