Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost

Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost — practice question

A cost-benefit analysis finds that a nuclear power station project may be socially beneficial, even though it would take 10 years to become operational. Why could a government choose not to carry out the project?

  • ACost-benefit analysis has no method for valuing the long-term impact of a project.
  • BCost-benefit analysis is only suitable for private sector projects.
  • CThe government believes that the project has too high an opportunity cost.
  • DThe government’s policy is to restrict the extent of the market system.

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