Rational Ignorance

question 162

Multiple Choice

Rational ignorance

• A)explains why consumers ignore sunk costs when they vote.
• B)explains the Arrow impossibility theorem.
• C)refers to attempts by special interests to use government action to make themselves better off at the expense of others.
• D)helps to explain why rent seeking by special interest groups occurs.

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Net Income

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Degree of Operating Leverage

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High-low Method

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