Micro 8.3

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What are public goods?
goods that are non-excludable and non-rival in consumption.
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What does non-excludable mean?
Non-paying customers cannot be excluded from consuming a good, once it has been produced.
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What does non-rival mean?
One person’s enjoyment of the good does not diminish another person’s enjoyment of the good.
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What are public goods an example of?
Complete market failure, as the free market would have no incentive to provide them.
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What does the free rider problem refer to?
Individual consumers hoping to get a free ride without paying for the benefit they enjoy.
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What are private goods?
Goods that are rival and excludable in consumption.
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How are private goods rival and excludable in consumption?
Non-payers can be excluded from consuming a good and consumption by one person diminishes the enjoyment of the good by another.
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What are quasi-public goods?
Goods which exhibit some of the characteristics of a public good.
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Are quasi-public goods rival and/or excludable?
They may be partially excludable and/or partially rival.
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