Although Wholesalers No Longer Dominate Channels in the U

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True/False

Although wholesalers no longer dominate channels in the U.S., they do provide a necessary function and some of the biggest B2B e-commerce sites on the Internet are wholesaler operations.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Economics

An area within economics that investigates the influence of emotional, psychological, cognitive, social, and cultural elements on the economic decision-making of both individuals and institutions.

Tax Burden

The financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures.

Economically Rational

Decision-making based on the principle of maximizing benefits while minimizing costs and resources.

Myopia

Refers to the difficulty human beings have with conceptualizing the more distant future. Leads to decisions that overly favor present and near-term options at the expense of more distant future possibilities.