Economics Today : Macro View (Custom Package)
Economics Today : Macro View (Custom Package)
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781323265093
Author: Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.5SC
To determine

Public choice and public goods production decision.

Concept Introduction:

Theory of Public Choice- It is a branch of economics which uses the theories and models of economics for the analysis of the political behavior or collective decision making. It is a developed from the study of taxation and public spending.

Public goods- Public goods are collective and social want satisfying goods whose consumption is externalized. These goods are characterized by non-rival consumption, non-exclusion and zero marginal costs of production. These are the collective social goods which cannot be defined in units and are thus indivisible. Examples- National defense, education, flood control etc.

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