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Edexcel IGCSE Economics 1.1.5.g public goods and free riders

Practise public-goods questions by defining free riders and applying non-excludability or non-rivalry to street lighting and flood defences.

Syllabus
First assessment 2019
Course
Economics 4EC1

Exam points

  • Define a free rider as someone benefiting from a public good without paying.
  • Explain why street lighting or flood defences may be provided by government.
  • Apply non-excludability and non-rivalry to explain the free rider problem.

1.1.5.g Public goods and the free-rider problem question 1

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Define the term free rider.

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