Question:
Taylor lives in a residential neighborhood that prides itself on well-groomed lawns. Taylor’s neighbors find that the collective marginal benefit of someone else’s well-groomed lawn is $10. Taylor, however, dislikes yard work and receives zero net benefits from an unkempt lawn a net benefit of -$1 for a well-groomed lawn; the cost of maintaining the lawn is a dollar more than Taylor’s benefit of having a well-groomed lawn.
Unkempt | Well-groomed | |
Net value to Taylor | 0 | -1 |
Net value to Taylor’s neighbors | 0 | +10 |
Taylor’s neighbors would be willing to pay Taylor _____ to keep a well-groomed lawn.
a) $1
b) more than $1 but less than $5
c) more than $10
d) no more than $10
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