PUBPOL 201 Final Exam

Public goods are an example of market failure caused by:

Government provision of a good that people do not value.

High "rivalry" in consumption.

Too few producers being able to produce a good.

Poorly defined property rights.

According to Frederickson, equality between classes or groups is called:

Which of the following is NOT a possible policy to correct a negative externality?

Regulating the amount of the externality produced.

Taxing the good that produces the externality.

Encouraging people not to free ride.

Facilitating private negotiation over the amount of the externality.

When a public administrator from a particular demographic works to directly benefit members of that group, it is known as:

Democractic participation

Corrupt participation

Passive representation

Active representation

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of executive orders (EOs)?

EOs carry the force of law

EOs must be followed even if they contradict other laws

EOs direct administrative organizations on ways to implement policy

EOs can be nullified by federal courts

EOs can be overturned by legislation

A group formed to advance shared beliefs about a policy problem is called:

Which of the following has NOT been shown to increase cooperation in experiments:

According to Dawes and Thaler:

Experiments show that people will contribute to a hypothetical public good at a higher rate than 0, but over time they contribute less

Experiments show that nearly everyone contributes to a hypothetical public good, and this high level is maintained over time.

Experiments show that the usual assumption that people will rationally maximize their own payoffs is valid.

Experiments show that people rarely contribute to a hypothetical public good, but over time they can be persuaded to contribute.

What is overfeasance?

When public administrators rely on their own discretion.

When public administrators do more than the law allows.

When legislators hold public administrators accountable for their actions.

When public administrators do no do enough to implement the law.

When public administrators purposely circumvent the law.

What is complementarity?

Describes the public administration/politics dichotomy.

When public administrators

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