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Question 151

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People can be prevented from using a good if the good is

A) a private good or a club good.
B) a private good or a common resource.
C) a public good or a common resource.
D) a private good or a public good.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Question 152

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Too few resources are devoted to the creation of knowledge because profit-seeking firms

A) undervalue knowledge in their pursuit of revenues.
B) overuse their patents.
C) tend to free-ride on the knowledge that others have developed.
D) tend to rely on existing employee knowledge.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Question 153

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Using a toll to reduce traffic when congestion is greatest is an example of a

Government policy can potentially raise economic well-being

A pair of jeans is rival but non-excludable.

What can the government do to solve the problem of excessive use of common resources?

A streetlight is a

Goods that are excludable include both

Figure 11-1 -Refer to Figure 11-1. Which of the following items is not a clear-cut example of the type of good represented by Box D?

The U.S. government protects fish, a common resource, by

In what sense is it meaningful to say that fighting poverty is a public good?

A variable toll on a road in Washington reached a high during the evening rush hour of $5.75. This toll bought the drivers who paid it a 27 minute time savings. Which of the following is correct?

Scenario 11-1 Becky is a single mother of two young children who spend their days at a daycare center while Becky goes to work. The daycare center closes at 5:30. If parents do not pick up their children at or before 5:30, the daycare center charges a late fee of $5 per child for every 10 minutes the parent is late. -Refer to Scenario 11-1. Due to traffic, Becky expects to be 20 minutes late to pick up her children. How much would she be willing to pay for a variable toll road that would get her to the daycare center on time?

Table 11-5 A small island off the coast of Cape Cod contains two restaurants and two retail stores. Tourists need to take a ferry boat to reach the island, but with a recent slowdown in the economy, tourists are less willing to pay for the boat ride to visit the island. The owners of the restaurants and stores on the island - Restaurants 1 and 2, and Stores A and B - think that if tourists could ride the ferry for free, they would be happy to visit the island, eat and shop. The business owners are considering contributing to a pool of money that will be used to pay for roundtrip ferry service each day. The table represents their willingness to pay, that is, the maximum amount that each business owner is willing to contribute, per day, to pay for each ferry trip. -Refer to Table 11-5. Suppose the cost to run the ferry for each roundtrip is $1,000 per day and the 4 business owners have agreed to split the costs of the ferry trips equally. How many ferry trips would the owner of Store A prefer to have?

Because elephants roam freely in many countries in Africa, each individual African elephant poacher has

Table 11-1 Consider the town of Springfield with only three residents, Sophia, Amber, and Cedric. The three residents are trying to determine how large, in acres, they should build the public park. The table below shows each resident's willingness to pay for each acre of the park. -Refer to Table 11-1. Suppose the cost to build the park is $24 per acre. How many acres should the park be to maximize total surplus from the park in Springfield?

Which of the following is a common resource?

Scenario 11-1 Becky is a single mother of two young children who spend their days at a daycare center while Becky goes to work. The daycare center closes at 5:30. If parents do not pick up their children at or before 5:30, the daycare center charges a late fee of $5 per child for every 10 minutes the parent is late. -Refer to Scenario 11-1. Suppose Becky lives in a city with an optional toll lane that assures a drive at the posted speed limit. She leaves her office at 5:00 for her usual 30 minute commute but hears on the radio that if she drives in the non-toll lanes, her commute will take 1 hour due to an accident. Becky should

A traffic light would be considered a common resource.

Which of the following goods is both excludable and rival in consumption?