A local college is deciding whether to conduct a campus beautification initiative that would involve various projects, such as planting trees and remodeling buildings, to make the campus more aesthetically pleasing. and (excludable, non- For the students of the college, the visual appearance of the campus is (rival, non-rival) excludable)___________ Thus, the visual appearance would be classified as a public good. Suppose the college administrators estimate that the beautification initiative will cost $6,300. To decide whether the initiative should be undertaken, administrators conduct a survey of the college's 470 students, asking each of them their willingness-to-pay for the beautification project. The average willingness-to-pay, as revealed by the survey, is $14. The benefit of the beautification initiative, as suggested by the survey, is (greater, less)___________ than the cost, the college administrators (should, shout not) beautification initiative. Because the estimated benefit is _______undertake the

A local college is deciding whether to conduct a campus beautification initiative that would involve various projects, such as planting trees and remodeling buildings, to make the campus more aesthetically pleasing. and (excludable, non- For the students of the college, the visual appearance of the campus is (rival, non-rival) excludable)_____ Thus, the visual appearance would be classified as a public good. Suppose the college administrators estimate that the beautification initiative will cost $6,300. To decide whether the initiative should be undertaken, administrators conduct a survey of the college's 470 students, asking each of them their willingness-to-pay for the beautification project. The average willingness-to-pay, as revealed by the survey, is $14. The benefit of the beautification initiative, as suggested by the survey, is (greater, less)_ than the cost, the college administrators (should, shout not) beautification initiative. Because the estimated benefit is ___undertake the

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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