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Category: Asymmetric Information
Which of the following help explain why firms pay bonuses to workers during particularly profitable years to prevent workers from becoming disgruntled ?
A. people are rational maximizers
B. People are reluctant to change their minds
C. People are inconsistent over time
D. People care about fairness
Which of the following is an example of a signal that is used to reveal private information ?
A. Enzo carefully chooses a special gift for Josephine
B. Josephine earns her MBA from the Harvard Business School
C. Lexus advertises its cars during the football World Cup Final.
D. All of these answers are correct
Which of the following is not true about how people make decisions ?
A. people give too much weight to a small number of vivid observations
B. People are sometimes too sure of their own abilities
C. All of these answers are actually true statements about how people make decisions.
D. People are always rational maximizers
E. People are reluctant to change their minds in the face of new information
Nicole wants to avoid buying a car that is a lemon. She takes a car she would like to buy to her mechanic before she purchases it. This is known as ?
A. screening
B. signaling
C. moral hazard
D. adverse selection
Which of the following is a response to People’s inconsistent behavior over time ?
A. all of these answers
B. forced contributions to a retirement plan
C. year-end bonuses
D. efficiency wages
Jamil’s friend dies of a sudden heart attack. Jamil rushes to his doctor for an expensive physical examination. This response demonstrates that ?
A. People give too much weight to a small number of vivid observations
B. People easily change their minds when confronted with new information
C. People enjoy going to the doctor
D. People tend to plan ahead and follow through on their plans
Markus is a travelling salesman for an apparel company. In this employment relationship, Markus is the ?
A. agent
B. principle
C. screener
D. signaler
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