Legislation to Protect Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers Created Incentives That Resulted in Premature

question 139

Multiple Choice

Legislation to protect red-cockaded woodpeckers created incentives that resulted in premature harvesting of trees the woodpeckers like to nest in. This is an example of which of the following?

• A) Association is not causation.
• B) the fallacy of composition
• C) the use of ceteris paribus conditions in economic analysis
• D) Good intentions do not always lead to desirable outcomes.

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