Exam 19: Public Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons

If one person's use of a good prevents another person's ability to use it, then the good is:

Compared to private goods, the free market would ________ public goods.

The environment is an example of a:

Which of the following solutions for public goods funding avoids both the problems of "forced riders" and "free riders"?

Google provides a(n) ________ good but uses advertising to make its good ________.

Mosquito control must be provided by the government because if:

Goods that are rival in consumption include both:

The tragedy of the commons is often the result of:

Tradable allowances may effectively be used to solve the tragedy of the commons problem.

National defense is an example of a:

Ocean tuna is an example of a:

Which of the following is a list of nonrival private goods only?

Mosquito control is an example of a:

After Napster was introduced in 1999 as a peer-to-peer file-sharing Internet service, people could cheaply distribute music. Thanks to this and other innovations ("ripping" CDs, torrents, YouTube), music is becoming increasingly:

Explain what aspect of the tragedy of the commons problem is similar to that of a positive externality.

If you're camping with a few friends, which of the following is a public good?

Explain what aspect of the tragedy of the commons problem is similar to that of a negative externality.

A good is excludable if one person's use of the good reduces the ability of another person to use the same good.

Which of the following explains why it is difficult to determine the optimal quantity of public goods that the government should produce?

Jeans are an example of a private good.