An Incentive

question 81

Multiple Choice

An incentive

• A)could be either a reward or a penalty.
• B)is the opposite of a tradeoff.
• C)occurs in the macroeconomy but not in the microeconomy.
• D)could be a penalty but could not be a reward.
• E)could be a reward but could not be a penalty.

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