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2004 WAEC Economics Theory (a) What are public corporations? (b) State any four merits of public corporations.

Economics
WAEC 2004

(a) What are public corporations?

(b) State any four merits of public corporations.

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Explanation

(a) Public Corporations or Statutory enterprises are large-scale business units completely owned and controlled by the State.

(b) The merits of Public Corporations are: 
(i) Enough capital is ensued. The government can read-ily make available capital needed for expansion.
(ii) It enjoys economies of large-scale production e.g. it can employ skilled personnel as it can afford to pay them high remunerations.
(iii) The Public Enterprises are more consumer-conscious. They protect consumers against exploitation by the private firms.
(iv) Interest of the workers is catered for and the employ-ees have great sense of security.
(v) Enjoyment of monopoly; public utilities like water sup-ply, electricity and transport can be run economically.
(vi) They are sure of continuity.
(vii) They provide employment opportunities, for the teem-ing number of the unemployed.
(viii) They act as sources of revenue for the government. 


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