Simple Majority Voting Sometimes Leads to Projects Being Undertaken Whose

question 110

Multiple Choice

Simple majority voting sometimes leads to projects being undertaken whose costs are greater than the benefits.How is this possible?

• A) It is not possible,unless the voting results are rigged.
• B) Because voters have no way to express the intensity of their preferences.
• C) Because many voters choose to be rationally ignorant.
• D) Because free riding is pervasive.

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Opposition or reluctance to adapt to new practices, processes, or conditions within an organization or personal context.

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