Who pays for goods everyone can use?
Classify goods, add shared benefits and see how open access changes a pasture's use. Solve 10 questions on efficient provision, free riders and common resources with worked answers.
Excludable means access can be blocked
| Design | Nonpayer access | Excludable? |
|---|---|---|
| Chosen signal | Cannot be blocked | No |
Excludable means access can be blocked
Classify six invented goods
These six generic goods are fictional designs in Willow Hollow. For each version, use the stated access and consumption properties; those properties govern the classification even if you edit the design. The stream has no congestion. Classify each as a private good, public good, common resource or club good. How many are public goods, and why is open access alone insufficient to make a good public?
| Good | Can block users? | Use reduces others’ use? |
|---|---|---|
| Sealed snack portion | Yes | Yes |
| Shared warning tone | No | No |
| Unfenced forage patch | No | Yes |
| Password lesson stream | Yes | No |
| Reserved craft kit | Yes | Yes |
| Unrestricted signal display | No | No |
| Good | Type |
|---|---|
| Sealed snack portion | ? |
| Shared warning tone | ? |
| Unfenced forage patch | ? |
| Password lesson stream | ? |
| Reserved craft kit | ? |
| Unrestricted signal display | ? |
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