In 2016, some counties in Florida sprayed for mosquitos in an effort to combat the Zika virus. The mosquito abatement program is considered a public good because:. a. spraying for mosquitos confers external benefits to counties that did not spray.
b. the program was available to the public.
c. the counties paid for the spraying.
d. mosquito abatement exhibits nonrivalry and nonexclusivity.

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms.a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

Why has the free enterprise system been modified to include some government intervention?

Vendors provide restaurants with what? o a. cooked items ob. raw materials oc. furniture od. menu recipes