A common solution to the free-rider problem is for

a. government to subsidize consumption of the good.
b. government to provide the good and then pay for its production through taxation.
c. government to provide vouchers to consumers of the good.


Answer: b. government to provide the good and then pay for its production through taxation.

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A) higher; lower B) lower; higher C) lower; lower D) higher; higher

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a. club goods and public goods. b. public goods and common resources. c. common resources and private goods. d. private goods and club goods.

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