According to the textbook, the owners of restaurants encourage tipping in order to:

A. avoid playing a dominated strategy.
B. insure that their waiters earn enough money.
C. sustain cooperation in a repeated prisoner's dilemma.
D. solve a commitment problem with their wait staff.


Answer: D

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