Typically a College Degree Is "Worth It," but It Requires

question 156

Multiple Choice

Typically a college degree is "worth it," but it requires

• A) high time preferences.
• B) low time preferences.
• C) smoothed consumption.
• D) variable correlated consumption.
• E) the supply of loanable funds to be large.

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