Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781305156050
Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 5CQQ
To determine

Characteristic of a public good.

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a)Some advocates of anti-poverty programs claim that fighting poverty is a public good. Explain what these advocates mean by classifying charity as a public good. b)Why do governments tend to run programs that help the poor? Can the private sector be left to run those programs? Discuss your answer by focusing on externalities  and market failure
1) I hire my wife to scan papers for me. I pay her by the page not by hour. what is my reasoning for structing the pricing this way a. median reductiveness b. the public good problem c. the principle-agent problem d. informal institutions
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