The Optimistic Bias Would Explain Why Sarah, a Graduating Student

question 54

True/False

The optimistic bias would explain why Sarah, a graduating student, believes she will be less likely than her peers to experience hardship from a difficult job market.

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Definitions:

Artificially Scarce Good

A product or service whose supply is deliberately limited, often to maintain high prices or for other non-market reasons.

Excludable

Excludable describes a good or service that one can prevent others from using unless they pay for it, characterized by the ability to exclude non-payers.

Nonrival

A characteristic of a good whereby one person's consumption does not reduce availability to others, often associated with public goods.

Nonrival

A characteristic of a good whereby one individual's consumption of the good does not reduce its availability for consumption by others.