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a. When collective action financiers are unable to externalize costs for a modest profit.
b. When poorer countries take advantage of the rest of the world for their own gain.
c. When collective action beneficiaries enjoy a public good but fail to contribute to the costs.
d. All of the above.


Ans: c

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