Four roommates share an off-campus house and equally share the cost of rent. Everyone says that she values a clean house, yet the house is usually dirty. To an economist, a clean house in this case represents

a. a common resource problem.
b. a public good.
c. a club good.
d. All of the above are correct.


a

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An exclusive contract:

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Suppose the economy was in equilibrium, and the national government increased spending by $200 billion. Monetarist theory would predict that the main factor that will readjust the economy is the:

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The framers of the U.S. Constitution sought to design a political system that would

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