To pay piece rates in order to elicit effort, it must be the case that
A. the firm does not want to maximize profits.
B. workers refuse to accept a time rate.
C. firms cannot monitor individual worker effort.
D. the firm can monitor individual worker output.
E. the production process relies on group work.
Answer: D
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