When government employ cost-benefit analysis to help them decide whether to provide a public good, measuring benefits is difficult because ?

A. the benefits are infinite because a public good is not rival and an infinite amount of people can consume it at the same time

B. respondents to naires have little incentive to tell the truth.

C. there are no benefits to the public since a public good is not excludable

D. one can never place a value on human life or the environment

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