Consumers Are Generally Willing to Spend More Time Researching Cars

question 181

Multiple Choice

Consumers are generally willing to spend more time researching cars before making a purchase than they do researching paper towels because:

• A) the cost of gathering information about paper towels is very small.
• B) the cost of gathering information about cars is less than the cost of gathering information about paper towels.
• C) the cost of making a mistake when buying a car is significantly greater than the cost of making a mistake buying paper towels, so that the cost of gathering information about cars is smaller than the benefit that can be gained.
• D) the net benefit from gathering additional information about paper towels is likely much greater than the net benefit derived from gathering additional information about cars.

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