BYU Econ: Chapter 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 common resources | Goods that are rival in consumption but not excludable. |
| cost-benefit analysis | A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good. |
| excludability | The property of a good whereby a person can be prevented from using it. |
| free rider | A person who receives the benefit of a good but avoids paying for it. |
| private goods | Goods that are both excludable and rival in consumption. |
| public goods | Goods that are neither excludable nor rival in consumption. |
| rival in consumption | The property of a good whereby one person's use diminishes other people's use. |
| Tragedy of the Commons | A parable that illustrates why common resources are used more than is desirable from the standpoint of society as a whole. |
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