Cindy discovers that when she goes to the beach, she does not have to bring her radio. She can put her blanket near someone who has a radio and listen all day (without having to carry her radio, get sand in her speakers, or buy new batteries). This is an example of:
a. private property abuse. b. external costs.
c. a negative externality. d. a positive externality.
d
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A) An increase in supply; an increase in quantity supplied B) A decrease in supply; a decrease in quantity supplied C) A decrease in supply; an increase in supply D) An increase in supply; a decrease in supply
If government decides to produce a collective consumption good, taxes have to be levied to finance the production. In evaluating government provision then, the benefits of public production have to be _____
a. high b. weighed against the excess burden of taxation c. positive d. weighted against the tax incidence on poor families