Cost-Benefit Analysts Often Encounter the Problem That Those Who Would

question 119

Multiple Choice

Cost-benefit analysts often encounter the problem that those who would benefit from government provision of a public good tend to

• A)overstate the benefit they would receive from the public good and those who would be harmed by government provision of a public good tend to overstate the costs they would incur from the public good.
• B)overstate the benefit they would receive from the public good and those who would be harmed by government provision of a public good tend to understate the costs they would incur from the public good.
• C)understate the benefit they would receive from the public good and those who would be harmed by government provision of a public good tend to overstate the costs they would incur from the public good.
• D)understate the benefit they would receive from the public good and those who would be harmed by government provision of a public good tend to understate the costs they would incur from the public good.

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