Suppose a plaintiff hires a lawyer to represent her in a court case. The lawyer will be paid a fixed fee. Under this contract,

A) production efficiency is achieved.
B) the client bears all of the risk.
C) the lawyer has an incentive to lie about his hours worked.
D) All of the above.


B

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