---
title: "SSEF2: Marginal Benefits and Costs (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSEF2
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSEF2
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSEF2: Marginal Benefits and Costs

Give examples of how rational decision-making entails comparing the marginal benefits and the marginal costs of an action.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSEF2a**: Explain that rational decisions occur when the marginal benefits of an action equal or exceed the marginal costs.
- **SSEF2b**: Explain that individuals, businesses, and governments respond to positive and negative incentives in predictable ways.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.