Parents who do not have their children immunized and attempt to benefit from other parents who did have their own children immunized are exhibiting an economic behavior known as
A)excludability.
B)public rivalry.
C)free riding.
D)internalizing an external cost.

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The economic behavior exhibited here is free riding, as the parents who do not immunize their children are benefiting from the immunization of other children without contributing to the costs or risks associated with the immunization process themselves.

Parents Who Do Not Have Their Children Immunized and Attempt