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Hannah Microeconomics Chapter 11
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
11/06/2011

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