Public goods are unlikely to be provided by the private sector because
A) the production of the good creates negative externalities.
B) no one can be excluded from the consumption of the good.
C) the consumption of the good creates negative externalities.
D) the exclusion principle does not apply to public goods.
B
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According to the table shown, fixed costs must be:
This table shows the total costs for various levels of output for a firm operating in a perfectly competitive market.
A. $10.
B. $200.
C. $60.
D. Fixed costs cannot be determined by the information in the table.
Normal rate of return is
A) accounting profit. B) an explicit cost. C) economic profit. D) the amount that must be paid to obtain investment in a business.
One of the consequences of inflation between 1950 and the 1970s was ________
A) a large increase in the federal deficit as a percentage of GDP B) a relaxation of the government budget constraint C) an increase in the dependency ratio D) a reduction in the ratio of debt to GDP