The false belief that past outcomes affect future events is known as ______.
a. the endowment effect
b. the gambler’s fallacy
c. the law of diminishing marginal utility
d. the ultimatum game
b. the gambler’s fallacy
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Mexico and the members of OPEC produce crude oil. Realizing that it would be in their best interests to form an agreement on production goals, a meeting is arranged and an informal, verbal agreement is reached. If both Mexico and OPEC abide by the agreement, then OPEC's profit will be $200 million and Mexico's profit will be $100 million. If both Mexico and OPEC cheat on the agreement, then OPEC's profit will be $175 million and Mexico's profit will be $80 million. If only OPEC cheats, then OPEC's profit will be $185 million, and Mexico's profit will be $60 million. If only Mexico cheats, then Mexico's profit will be $110 million, and OPEC's profit will be $150 million. You may find it helpful to fill in the payoff matrix below. src="https://sciemce.com/media/4/ppg__rrr0818190951__f1q383g1.jpg" alt="" style="vertical-align: 0.0px;" height="203" width="377" />Which of the following statements is correct?
A. OPEC's dominant strategy is to cheat on the agreement.
B. OPEC's dominated strategy is to cheat on the agreement.
C. OPEC's dominant strategy is to abide by the agreement.
D. OPEC does not have dominant strategy.
Suppose that there are two laws proposed for eviction notices. Plan A requires landlords to give a renter 30 days to vacate an apartment once he has been served an eviction notice. Under Plan B, he has 60 days to vacate an apartment once he has been served an eviction notice. It follows that landlords will find
A) Plan A more expensive than Plan B. B) Plan B more expensive than Plan A. C) both plans to be equally expensive. D) none of the above
The advertised interest rate is the
A. expected rate of inflation. B. nominal interest rate minus the expected rate of inflation. C. real interest rate. D. nominal interest rate.
Refer to the information provided in Table 6.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Table 6.4Number ofDonuts per DayTotal UtilityMarginal Utility180?2150?3200?4230?5?10Number ofBurritos per DayTotal UtilityMarginal Utility160?2108?3144?4168?5?12Refer to Table 6.4. If the price of a donut is $2, the price of a burrito is $4, and Luigi has $12 of income, Luigi's utility-maximizing combination of donuts and burritos per day is
A. 2 donuts and 1.5 burritos. B. 1 donut and 2 burritos. C. 4 donuts and 1 burrito. D. indeterminate from this information.