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merit good N STATE

Specialized Vocabulary

merit good (knappes und nutzbringendes Gut)

meritorisches Gut nt

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Thus, an inoculation against a contagious disease may be seen as a merit good. en.wikipedia.org

Some of these merit goods as well as public goods may be subsidized to encourage their consumption. www.ghanaweb.com

These enterprises were providing public and merit goods to help bridge the income gap between the rich and poor. www.ghanaweb.com

This is why in some countries, education and health care delivery are seen as merit goods and are heavily subsidised. www.ghanaweb.com

This means that there is a divergence between private benefit and public benefit when a merit good is consumed (i.e. the public benefit is greater than the private benefit). en.wikipedia.org

This will have far-reaching implications: after all, education is a merit good with enormous benefits for social and economic advancement and is the foundation of any well-functioning society. jamaica-gleaner.com

A merit good can be defined as a good which would be under-consumed (and under-produced) in the free market economy. en.wikipedia.org

Selected aspects of the product's environment should not merit good design awards if the environment as a whole is deficient in specific aspects. en.wikipedia.org

One important argument in this respect is the consideration of public transport as a merit good. en.wikipedia.org

The argument that higher education is not a merit good and the government ought to spend on school education instead, is a false binary. thewire.in

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