According to the text, one important economic application of the anchoring and adjustment bias is

A. in estimating the failure rates of complex projects.
B. to evaluate consumer behavior with regard to luxury spending.
C. to increase productivity in volunteer organizations.
D. to estimate production costs of simple operations.


Answer: A

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