Question

on holiday weekends thousands of people picnic in state parks. some picnic areas become so overcrowded the benefit or value of picnicking diminishes to zero. suppose that the minnesota state park service institutes a variable fee structure. on weekdays when the picnic areas get little use, the fee is zero. on normal weekends, the fee is $8 per person. on holiday weekends, the fee is $14 per person. the fee system corrects a problem known as the a. tragedy of the commons. b. free rider problem. c. public goods problem. d. coase theorem.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. tragedy of the commons

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that the fee system corrects a problem known as the tragedy of the commons. This term describes a specific situation in a shared-resource system in which individuals go against the common good by depleting the shared resources through their collective actions in order to benefit their own self-interests.

Answer 2

Answer:

a. tragedy of the commons

Explanation:

The tragedy of the commons is a situation whereby shared resource system where individual users, who are acting by not depending on others according to their own personal gains , behave differently for the good of users by sharing or depleting the resources shared through coming together and doing what is right. We can see how the Minnesota state park service institutes a variable fee structure from when the park is use not much and when it is also overcrowded.