Econ Test 3 terms Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Common resources
Answer: rival in consumption but not excludable
Question 2: Private good
Answer: rival in consumption and excludable
Question 3: Natural monopolies
Answer: not rival in consumption but excludable
Question 4: Public good
Answer: not rival in consumption and not excludable
Question 5: Externality
Answer: the uncompensated impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander
Question 6: Negative externalities
Answer: exist when the social cost of a good exceeds the private cost of the good; has two supply curves;
tax
Question 7: Positive externalities
Answer: exist when the social value of a good exceeds the private value of the good; has two demand
curves; subsidies
Question 8: The Coase Theorem
Answer: the proposition that if private parties can bargain without cost over the allocation of resources, they
can solve the problem of externalities on their own
Question 9: Excludability
Answer: the property of a good whereby a person can be prevented from using it
Question 10: Rivalry in consumption
Answer: the property of a good whereby one person's use diminishes other people's use
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Question 1: Common resources
Answer: rival in consumption but not excludable
Question 2: Private good
Answer: rival in consumption and excludable
Question 3: Natural monopolies
Answer: not rival in consumption but excludable
Question 4: Public good
Answer: not rival in consumption and not excludable
Question 5: Externality
Answer: the uncompensated impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander
Question 6: Negative externalities
Answer: exist when the social cost of a good exceeds the private cost of the good; has two supply curves;
tax
Question 7: Positive externalities
Answer: exist when the social value of a good exceeds the private value of the good; has two demand
curves; subsidies
Question 8: The Coase Theorem
Answer: the proposition that if private parties can bargain without cost over the allocation of resources, they
can solve the problem of externalities on their own
Question 9: Excludability
Answer: the property of a good whereby a person can be prevented from using it
Question 10: Rivalry in consumption
Answer: the property of a good whereby one person's use diminishes other people's use
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