Which of the following characteristics is required if a good is to be efficiently provided by profit-seeking firms? The good should be excludable and rival in consumption. The good should be a consumer good. The good should not be an inferior good. The good should be subject to the free rider problem.

Which of the following characteristics is required if a good is to be efficiently provided by profit-seeking firms? The good should be excludable and rival in consumption. The good should be a consumer good. The good should not be an inferior good. The good should be subject to the free rider problem.

Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)

7th Edition

ISBN:9781285165875

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter11: Public Goods And Common Resources

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