第1个回答 2010-04-18
(defination)...products whose consumption or production creartes social nenifits that wxceed privste benifit.
-considered desirable to have by society in general.(判定是否是merit goods 主要是看这点)
-all merits goods have positive externality. but not all goods with positive externality are merit goods.
eg: healthcare, education, public transport.
merit goods 是既要对个人有利、又要对社会有利、人们想要拥有、社会需要拥有、