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Both public goods and common resources involve externalities.

a. Are the externalities associated with public goods generally positive or negative? Use examples in your answer. Is the free-market quantity of public goods generally greater or less than the efficient quantity?

b. Are the externalities associated with common resources generally positive or negative? Use examples in your answer. Is the free-market use of common resources generally greater or less than the efficient use?

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Consider the following list of goods. For each good, explain the following points.

Is the good rival?

Is the good excludable?

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Are there any externalities associated with this good?

Explain whether the private market should provide this good or the government should provide this good. Explain in terms of whether the characteristics of the good would make it difficult to be provided

by the private market or the government.

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A.

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Is the good excludable?

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Are there any externalities associa

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B.

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Explain whether the private mark

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this good. Explain in terms of whether the characteristics of the good would make it difficult to be

provided by the private market or the government.

C.

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Is the good rival?

Is the good excludable?

Identify the type of good (Private Good, Public Good, Common Resource, or Quasi Public Good)

Are there any externalities associated with this good?

Explain whether the private market should provide this good or the government shoul

d provide

this good. Explain in terms of whether the characteristics of the good would make it difficult to be

provided by the private market or the government.

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Is the good rival?

Is the good excludable?

Identify the type of good (Private Good, Public Good, Common Resource, or Quasi Public Good)

Are there any externalities associated with this good?

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Discussion: Externalities and Public Goods

Is education a public good? Does education have external benefits? If so, what are some of those public benefits? In your opinion are the external benefits large or small? Why? What should government do to promote the efficient provision of products that have external benefits? If you think that government should put more resources into education, what might be some of the opportunity costs of that decision? How would an economist determine the right amount of government support for education?

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