Question

Assume there are two people in a society. Person A is willing to pay $140 to have one unit of a public good produced and Person B is willing to pay $160 to have one unit of a public good produced and $140 to have two units produced. As a result, society would be willing to pay a price of ________ of this public good

Answer 1

Answer:

$300

Explanation:

Given:

Society A

Society B

Society A will pay $140 per unit  

Society B will pay $160 per unit  

Commonly pay $140 for two units produced.

Computation:

Society will pay total amount for the public goods = $160 + $140  

Society will pay the total amount for the public goods = $300

Therefore, $300 Is the total amount paid by society.