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Question 4

Which of the following explains why the free market fails to provide pure public goods, requiring government provision?

The existence of positive externalities causes overproduction by private firms.

Non-excludability makes it impossible to charge consumers directly, resulting in a missing market.

Information asymmetry prevents consumers from understanding the utility of the good.

High rivalry in consumption implies that one person's use reduces the availability to others.

Public goods Questions

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