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Public choice theorists contend that

a. government can efficiently correct instances of market system failure.

b. the existence of cost-benefit analysis has brought about the efficient use of resources in the public sector.

c. public bureaucracies are inherently more efficient than private enterprises.

d. public bureaucracies are inherently less efficient than private enterprises.

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Related questions

1. Government failure occurs

   

A. when the market provides the wrong amount of a certain good.
   

B. never, government intervention always improves social utility.
   

C. when the benefit of a government intervention exceeds its cost.
   

D. when the cost of a government intervention exceeds its benefit.

 

2. The opportunity cost of government intervention is

A. Lost public sector production.

B. Lost private-sector production.

C. higher government debt.

D. higher taxes.

3. Give an example of negative externality and explain what kind(s) of policies the government uses to correct this externality.

4. Why is it difficult to use cost-benefit analysis on government spending decisions?

2a)

A market in which there are neither external benefits nor external costs is:

Select one:

a. efficient.

b. inefficient.

c. efficient and equitable.

d. impossible.

2b)

According to the special-interest theory of government, government officials and policymakers:

Select one:

a. are assumed to maximize social good.

b. tend to listen to small groups of people who contribute money to their political campaigns.

c. manage resources to maximize efficiency.

d. have a strong incentive to ensure that society's members equally benefit from a project.

2c)

Scientific research is subsidized by the government because

Select one:

a. it yields benefits to consumers and producers who did not participate in the research.

b. researchers are under-paid by private firms, so the government must make up the difference.

c. much scientific research takes place at state-funded universities.

d. scientific research has no market value so would not be undertaken without government intervention.

2d)

The forces of supply and demand will provide a quantity that is

Select one:

a. less than the efficient quantity if a good generates external benefits.

b. more than the efficient quantity if a good generates external benefits.

c. exactly the efficient quantity if a good generates external benefits.

d. either more than or less than the efficient quantity if a good generates external benefits. It is impossible to know whether it will be too much or too little without more information.

Question 3

We saw in class that the same good can fall in different categories (public/private/club/common resource) depending on circumstances. An example of such a good would be watching a movie at the theater. If a lot of people want to watch it, the movie is a _________. If very few people want to watch it (to the point where a room could not even be filled), the movie is likely to be a _______.

A. a common resource; a public good

B. a public good; a common resource

C. a private good; a club good

D. a club good; a private good

3 points

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the free-rider problem is not true?

A. Individuals have an incentive to free-ride when the good is not excludable.

B. The kinds of goods for which the free rider problem arises are common resources and public good.

C. Markets for goods for which there is a free-rider problem are inefficient because not enough of the good is produced.

D. Goods for which the free-rider problem exists tend to be over provided relative to what would be optimal.

4 points

Question 5

To achieve the efficient provision of public goods, the

A. market should be allowed to operate without government intervention.

B. government must limit the provision of those goods.

C. government must tax producers of those goods.

D. government must either provide those goods or subsidize their production.

3 points

Question 6

Which of the following statements about public goods is not true?

A. Because people cannot be excluded from their consumption and thus have no incentive to pay for them, public goods are underprovided by the market.

B. Efficiency requires that the government provide or fund (subsidize) the provision of all public goods.

C. Efficiency requires that the government provide or fund only the public goods that create more benefits than costs to society.

D. In reality, it is hard to provide public goods efficiently.

3 points

Question 7

Public goods must be provided by the government as the market on its own will fail to provide them. However, even with government provision it is very hard to achieve efficiency. Why?

A. In reality, it is very hard (if not impossible) to accurately estimate the benefits of providing a public good.

B. A. In reality, there can be overruns in the cost of providing the public good.

C. Government decisions about which public goods to provide can be influenced by lobbying by interest groups.

D. All of the above are true.

4 points

Question 8

Which of the following is not a common resource?

A. congested roads

B. clean water

C. wild life, which hunters want to hunt and others want to view.

D. a fireworks display.

3 points

Question 9

Many species of animals must be protected by law to keep them from extinction. Why are cows not one of these endangered species even though there is such a high demand for beef?

A. Cows reproduce at a high rate and have adapted well to their environment.

B. Public policies protect cows from predators and diseases.

C. Cows are privately owned (private goods), whereas many endangered species are owned by no one (common resources).

D.There is a natural ecological balance between the birth rate of cows and human consumption.

3 points

Question 10

Which of the following statements about common resources is not true?

A. Due to the free-rider problem, common resources tend to be overused.

B. Because there is rivalry in the consumption of common resources, whenever one person uses a common resource it is imposing a negative externality on others who might also want to use it.

C. There are no private solutions to the management of common resources.

D. One of the solutions that ensures that common resources are properly managed is their privatization.

3 points

Question 11

In our analysis of the firm’s behavior and goals, when we talk about cost, we include _________, and when we talk about profit, we mean ________.

A. Explicit costs only; economic profit

B. Implicit costs only; economic profit

C. Implicit costs only; accounting profit

D. Explicit + implicit costs; economic profit

E. Explicit + implicit costs; accounting profit

3 points

Question 12

One of the differences between explicit and implicit costs is that

A. explicit costs must be greater than implicit costs.

B. explicit costs do not require a direct monetary outlay, whereas implicit costs do.

C. implicit costs do not require a direct monetary outlay, whereas explicit costs do.

D. implicit costs must be greater than explicit costs.

3 points

Question 13

Which of the following is FALSE:

A. If accounting profit is zero, then economic profit is negative

B. Economic profit takes cost the opportunity cost of time and capital into account

C. Economic Profit = Accounting Profit + Implicit Cost

D. Economic Profit = Accounting Profit – Implicit Cost

3 points

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of an implicit cost?

(i) the owner of a firm forgoing an opportunity to earn a large salary working in Wall Street

(ii) interest paid on the firm's debt

(iii) rent paid by the firm to lease office space

A. (ii) and (iii) only

B. (i) and (iii) only

C. (i) only

D. (iii) only

3 points

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