Economists Have Used the Ultimatum Game and the Dictator Game

question 279

Multiple Choice

Economists have used the ultimatum game and the dictator game in experiments designed to determine

• A)whether consumers care about fairness when they make decisions.
• B)whether consumers believe it is fair for producers to raise the price of a product for which there is excess demand.
• C)whether consumers understand the difference between implicit costs and explicit costs.
• D)whether consumers understand the rule of equal marginal utility per dollar spent.

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Definitions:

Book Values

The value of an asset as recorded on a company's balance sheet, calculated as cost minus accumulated depreciation.

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The total cash amount reported on the consolidated financial statements, combining the cash holdings of a parent company and its subsidiaries.

Cash

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Voting Shares

Shares that give the owner the right to vote on company matters, such as electing directors, at shareholder meetings.