Exploring Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9781544363332
Author: Robert L. Sexton
Publisher: Sage Publications
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Chapter 8, Problem 7P
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The reason that TV broadcasts have characteristics of public good and the characteristics of cable services like HBO.
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