The free-rider problem refers to
A) unrelated amendments being added to a piece of legislation in order to bypass usual
procedures.
B) potential members of a group failing to join the actual group, as they know they will receive the same benefits whether they are active members or not.
C) legislators who face no election opponents, and thus are automatically reelected.
D) mass transit scofflaws who endanger government aid to subways, buses, and commuter
trains by not being officially counted.
E) welfare fraud and the costs it imposes on government and taxpayers.
Ans: B) potential members of a group failing to join the actual group, as they know they will receive the same benefits whether they are active members or not.
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