Although most citizens have access to police protection, they also take measures, such as putting locks on their doors, to protect themselves. For most citizens police protection is a(n) _____ good, while self-protection is a(n) _____ good.
A) public; private
B) public; artificially scarce good
C) common resource; private
D) artificially scarce good; common resource

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Police protection is a public good because it is non-excludable and non-rivalrous, while self-protection measures like locks are private goods as they are excludable and rivalrous.

Although Most Citizens Have Access to Police Protection, They Also