86.H argued that grazing land held in common would always be used less carefully than private grazing land .Each rancher would be tempted to overuse common land because the benefitswould accure to the individual, while the costs reduced land quality that results from overuse would be spread among all users. But a study comparing 217 million acres of common grazing land with 433 million acres of private grazing land showed that the common land was in better condition. which of the following, if true and known by the ranchers, would best help explain the results of the study? A: with private grazing land, both the costs ad the benefits of overuse fall to individual user B:the cost in reduced land quality that is attributable to any individual user is less easily measured with common land than it is with private land. C:An individual who overuses common grazing land might be able to achieve high returns than other users can, with the result that he or she would obtain a competitive advantage D:If one user of common land overuses it even slightly, the other users are likely to do so even more, with the consequence that the costs to each user outweight the benefits. E.There are more acres of grazing land held privately than there are held in common. 答案选D,对于d的前半句话和consequence……的关系不太理解;为什么前面的行为会导致成本大于好处? 成本是什么?
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