Economics A-Level
Excludability
What Excludability means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Excludability
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Reference: AQA
The characteristic of a good whereby access can be restricted, as when broadcasters scramble signals so consumers must pay for a decoder or subscription.
Topics that use Excludability
- Public goods, private goods and quasi-public goods (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Capacity constraints
- Environmental market failures
- Free-rider problem
- Non-excludability
- Property rights
- Quasi-public good
- Quasi-public goods
- Technological change
Using Excludability in the exam
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