In a Sporting Goods Store, You Can Buy the Equipment

question 155

Multiple Choice

In a sporting goods store, you can buy the equipment you want and forgo the rest. But in an election you "buy" the entire range of the candidate's positions, including some you may not agree with. This difference

• A) reflects limited and bundled choices in the public sector.
• B) describes the paradox of voting.
• C) describes the principal-agent problem in the public sector.
• D) creates bureaucratic inefficiency in the public sector.

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