Principles of Economics (Second Edition)
Principles of Economics (Second Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780393614077
Author: coppock, Lee; Mateer, Dirk
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 7, Problem 4QFR
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Whether the concept of cost benefit analysis applies to public goods and the reason for it.

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