Chapter 11 - Public Goods and Common Resources

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Common resources

________: goods that are rival in consumption but not excludable.

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National defense

________ is not excludable nor rival in consumption.

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Excludability

________: the property of a good whereby a person can be prevented from using it.

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Clean air

________ and water, and congested roads are forms of common resources.

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Property rights

________ can make the allocation of resources more efficient if they 're well- run and planned.

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Rivalry

________ in consumption: the property of a good whereby one person's use diminishes other people's use.

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free rider problem

The ________ keeps private markets from supplying public goods.

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Free rider

________: a person who receives the benefit of a good but avoids paying for it.

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US federal government

The ________ spent $ 744 billion on national defense in 2017.

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common resources

The tragedy of the Commons: a parable that illustrates why ________ are used more than is desirable from the standpoint of society as a whole.

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