ABC Company Knows That It Produces and Sells a Very

question 31

Multiple Choice

ABC Company knows that it produces and sells a very good mousetrap.XYZ Company knows that it produces and sells a lousy mousetrap.According to the signalling theory of advertising,the quality difference likely produces which result

• A)Both ABC and XYZ have incentives to spend large amounts of money on advertising their mousetraps.
• B)ABC has an incentive to spend a large amount of money on advertising its mousetrap, but XYZ does not.
• C)XYZ has an incentive to spend a large amount of money on advertising its mousetrap, but ABC does not.
• D)Neither ABC nor XYZ has an incentive to spend a large amount of money on advertising their mousetraps.

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