Question Completion:
Drop-down menu:
- excludable
- non-excludable
- rivalrous
- non-rivalrous
- common goods
- club goods
- public goods
- private goods
Answer:
Correct words to finish the sentences:
Fish in the ocean can be caught by anyone, and it is difficult to prevent people from fishing, in this sense, fish in the oceans are__non-excludable___.
If I catch a fish, that means there is one less fish in the sea for someone else to catch. Therefore, fish are__rivalrous___.
Considering those two characteristics, fish in the ocean are_common goods___.
Explanation:
The two key characteristics of a public good are: it is non-excludable and non-rivalrous. A common good is non-excludable but rivalrous. A private good is excludable and rivalrous. A club good is excludable and non-rivalrous.
Non-excludable refers to goods that are costly and impossible for a person to exclude other users from using the goods.
Non-rivalrous good refers to goods that a person can use without preventing others from using the goods.
