Experiencing the winner's curse in a common-value auction means

a. You lost money in the auction
b. You bid too low
c. Your estimate of the value of the good being auctioned was too optimistic
d. Your estimate of the value of the good being auctioned was too pessimistic


c

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Pricing and output determination under an oligopoly is more complicated than pricing and output determinations in other industries. The primary reason for the complication is the:

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Attaining higher and higher levels of air cleanliness causes

A) additional costs to rise to increasingly high levels.
B) larger and larger increases in per capita incomes.
C) additional costs to fall to lower and lower levels.
D) larger and larger marginal benefits to society.

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