The Marginal Benefit of a Public Good Is the

question 175

Multiple Choice

The marginal benefit of a public good is the

• A) sum of the marginal benefits of all the individuals at each quantity.
• B) marginal benefit of the individual person who places the lowest value on the good, multiplied by the number of people in the economy.
• C) marginal benefit of the individual person who places the highest value on the good, multiplied by the number of people in the economy.
• D) benefit of the last person's consumption.
• E) average of the marginal benefits of all the individuals at each quantity.

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