Economics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)
Economics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305506725
Author: James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 6CQ

(a)

To determine

Meaning of private ownership right and its influence on the incentive of individuals in taking care of things.

(b)

To determine

The incentive of individual to conserve the resources for future on the basis of private property rights.

(c)

To determine

Reasons to develop and modify things that are beneficial to others by a private property owner.

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