Butchart Gardens is a very large garden in Victoria, British Columbia, renowned for its beautiful plants. It is so large that it could hold many times more visitors than currently visit it. The garden charges an admission fee of approximately $30. At this price, 1,000 people visit the garden each day.
Are visits to Butchart Gardens excludable or nonexcludable? Are they rival in consumption or nonrival? What type of good is it?
What do you think would happen to the number of visitors if the admission fee were reduced to $15? In your opinion, what is the socially optimal admission fee? Justify your answer.
Defend your views by citing information from the book, the Web and/or your own experiences. First, post your response on the discussion board, and then read and reply to the posts of at least two other students, citing those views with which you agree or disagree as well as your reasons for agreeing or disagreeing
Butchart Gardens is a very large garden in Victoria, British Columbia, renowned for its beautiful plants. It is so large that it could hold many times more visitors than currently visit it. The garden charges an admission fee of approximately $30. At this price, 1,000 people visit the garden each day.
Are visits to Butchart Gardens excludable or nonexcludable? Are they rival in consumption or nonrival? What type of good is it?
What do you think would happen to the number of visitors if the admission fee were reduced to $15? In your opinion, what is the socially optimal admission fee? Justify your answer.
Defend your views by citing information from the book, the Web and/or your own experiences. First, post your response on the discussion board, and then read and reply to the posts of at least two other students, citing those views with which you agree or disagree as well as your reasons for agreeing or disagreeing
