问题


There is a single choice question about high school microeconomics. Answer the question by replying A, B, C or D.
Question: Which of the following is the best example of the free-rider effect?
A. You and a friend take a road trip to Florida in your friend's car. You pay for the gas.
B. In exchange for tutoring your friend in economics, she helps you with your geometry assignment.
C. You have ordered a big college football game on pay-per-view, and several of your buddies show up unannounced to watch it at your place.
D. You buy your date dinner, but your date insists on leaving a tip for the server.
Answer:

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金声玉亮2.0

C. You have ordered a big college football game on pay-per-view, and several of your buddies show up unannounced to watch it at your place.

Explanation: The free-rider effect occurs when someone benefits from a good or service without paying for it. In this case, your buddies are watching the game without paying for it, as you have already ordered it on pay-per-view. This is a classic example of the free-rider effect, as your buddies are getting a benefit (watching the game) without contributing to the cost.
C
deepseekr1

The free-rider effect occurs when individuals benefit from a resource or service without contributing to its cost.

- **A**: Both parties contribute (car and gas), so no free-riding.
- **B**: Mutual exchange of services; both contribute equally.
- **C**: The person pays for the game, while others enjoy it without sharing the cost, making them free-riders.
- **D**: Both contribute to the meal (dinner and tip), so no free-riding.

The best example is **C**, where buddies benefit without paying.

Answer: C
C
gpto1 C C
GPT-4o C C
llama3.1-70B-Instruct

C
C
llama3.1-405B-Instruct

C. You have ordered a big college football game on pay-per-view, and several of your buddies show up unannounced to watch it at your place.

Explanation: The free-rider effect occurs when someone benefits from a good or service without paying for it. In this case, your buddies are enjoying the football game without contributing to the cost of ordering it on pay-per-view. This is a classic example of the free-rider effect, as they are getting a benefit (watching the game) without incurring any of the costs.
C
DeepSeek-Coder-V2 C C
Qwen2-72B-Instruct C. C
baichuan4 C C
doubao C

In option C, the buddies are benefiting from the pay-per-view that the person ordered without paying for it themselves, which is an example of the free-rider effect. In option A, the person is paying for the gas so it's not a free-rider situation. In option B, there is an exchange of services so it's not free-riding. In option D, the tip is a separate expense and not related to the free-rider effect.
C
minimax C. You have ordered a big college football game on pay-per-view, and several of your buddies show up unannounced to watch it at your place. C
kimi C C
wenxinyiyan C

Explanation:
The free-rider effect occurs when people consume a good or service without paying for it, typically in a group setting where the good or service is not easily divisible.

A. In this case, you pay for the gas, but there is a clear agreement between you and your friend regarding the trip. It's not an example of someone consuming without paying.

B. This is a mutual exchange of services. Both parties are providing and receiving something in return, so there is no free-rider effect.

C. This is a classic example of the free-rider effect. You have paid for the pay-per-view college football game, but your buddies show up unannounced to watch it without contributing to the cost. They are consuming the service without paying for it.

D. In this scenario, both you and your date are participating in the payment process. Your date leaving a tip does not constitute free-riding because they are contributing to the cost of the service in some way.
C
zhipu C

The free-rider effect occurs when individuals benefit from resources, goods, or services that they do not pay for, which can lead to under-provision of those goods or services. In this case, your buddies are benefiting from watching the football game that you paid for without contributing to the cost, making option C the best example of the free-rider effect.
C
gpto1 C C