The Substantive Economic Difference Between Ticket Scalping and Ticket Brokering

question 53

Multiple Choice

The substantive economic difference between ticket scalping and ticket brokering is that

• A)scalping is more efficient.
• B)brokering is more efficient.
• C)scalping is immoral and brokering is not.
• D)there is no substantive economic difference.

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Hypotheses

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Analogy

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Natural Selection

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