Consider a town that is planning a firework festival during the Fourth of July night. It cost
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Consider a town that is planning a firework festival during the Fourth of July night. It cost $360 to provide 10 minutes of fireworks. The marginal private benefits (MPB) the three residents are shown in the table below.
a. How do you know that firework is a public good?
b. What is the total benefit to all residents by providing 20 minutes of firework?
c. Draw the individual marginal benefits and the social marginal benefit.
d. What is the socially optimal level of fireworks?
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Managerial Economics
ISBN: 978-1118808948
8th edition
Authors: William F. Samuelson, Stephen G. Marks
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