Which Cost-Allocation Criterion Is Most Likely to Subsidize Poor Performers

question 150

Multiple Choice

Which cost-allocation criterion is most likely to subsidize poor performers at the expense of the best performers?

• A) the fairness or equity criterion
• B) the benefits-received criterion
• C) the ability to bear criterion
• D) the cause-and-effect criterion

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