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Which is not true of a public good?
a. Excluding people from consuming it is not generally desirable.
b. Public provision will assure an efficient quantity is produced.
c. Private provision will lead to too low a level of provision.
d. Excluding people from consuming it is not generally feasible.
An answer to this question is:
a. Excluding people from consuming it is not generally desirable.
It is impossible to exclude an individual from enjoying a public good. For instance, if the government constructs a dam to prevent flooding, everybody benefits from the dam and it is totally impossible to isolate some people from enjoying the benefits of the dam.
