A Series of Escalating Mutually-Offsetting Investments Designed to Enhance Performance

question 52

Multiple Choice

A series of escalating mutually-offsetting investments designed to enhance performance is a(n)

• A) positional externality.
• B) prisoner's dilemma.
• C) external benefit.
• D) positional arms race.
• E) example of the Coase theorem.

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