A Consumer Who Adheres to Bounded Rationality Is

question 32

Multiple Choice

A consumer who adheres to bounded rationality is

• A) a fully rational consumer who behaves like an all-knowing supercomputer when making cost-benefit calculations.
• B) a completely irrational consumer who is unable to use logic to compare costs and benefits.
• C) neither capable of performing the problem-solving that traditional economic theory assumes nor is inclined to do so.
• D) rational only in situations that involve market prices.
• E) never rational in situations that involve market prices.

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