FancyFoods restaurant decided to introduce an all-you-can-eat buffet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to increase business. They found that they acquired a whole new set of customers, most of whom were very big eaters. After a time, they increased the price of the buffet. FancyFoods suffered from the problem of
A. incentives.
B. adverse selection.
C. excessive high costs.
D. implicit contracts.
Answer: B
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