Electronics firms may be able to get patents on their ideas. Doing so makes their ideas

Select one:

a.

private goods rather than public goods. This gives people more incentive to engage in research.

b.

private goods rather than public goods. This gives people less incentive to engage in research.

c.

public goods rather than private goods. This gives people more incentive to engage in research.

d.

public goods rather than private goods. This gives people more incentive to engage in private research.