For public goods, is it right to say that they are underproduced because producers find it difficult to exclude non-payers? Or is that not one of the points i should've written? If so, how many marks would that cost me in a 12 mark essay? I also forgot to mention the 'free-rider' problem but said something about non-payers.
I mentioned the non-rivalry and non-excludability factors and generally said that National Defense was better than Public Parks in terms of priority of the government and an example of a public good.
Is that remotely right?
yuh had to explain the features of the public and merit goods.
then..explain why they are underprovided?
public goods - cux they are usually expensive and the problem of free rider and non-exclusivity.
merit goods - lack of info.
and then give an example...explain why do they provide it and stuff..
what i wrote in the end was that..they are provided cux they improve the living standards of the people in the country in the long term and leads to stability in the economy and etc etc
is this ok?