Question

Suppose you and your classmates live next to a lake that is filled with fish. If these fish are caught, they can be sold at a premium to local restaurants, implying the marginal private revenue from fishing is very high. Even though you and your classmates have differences in fishing ability, assume the fish are, nonetheless, very easy to catch, implying the marginal private cost of fishing is very low. Lastly, legal ownership of the lake has never been officially determined or specified in any way. Are the fish in the lake a private good

Answer 1

no

Step-by-step explanation:

The fish in the lake is a common resource

A common resource is a good that is non excludable but rivalrous

Due to the fact that the legal ownership of the lake has not been specified, everyone and anyone can fish from the lake. this makes the lake non excludable.

the lake would have been excludable if it was a private lake and people had to pay to make use of the lake

the fish in the lake is rivalrous because if a fish is caught, other people cannot catch the fish.

A private good is a good that is excludable and rivalrous