According to Public Choice Theorists,the Behavior of People Employed in the Public

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to public choice theorists,the behavior of people employed in the public sector is likely to differ from the behavior of people employed in the private sector because

• A) the two sectors are likely to attract people of different psychological profiles.
• B) government employees are likely to exhibit more civic responsibility than private-sector employees.
• C) the same objective to maximize one's net benefit will produce different behavior in different institutional settings.
• D) all of the above
• E) a and b

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