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Percy is a sales representative for a company in Edmonton. He's been told that if he meets his sales goals for the month, he will be given an all-expenses-paid trip to Calgary to visit the zoo. Percy has visited the zoo many times before and is not interested in going there again. According to expectancy theory, Percy's sales performance might be influenced by low ___.


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Quasilinear Preferences

Preferences characterized by a linear utility function in one good, making the marginal rate of substitution dependent only on quantities of other goods.

Campers' Utility

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Profit Functions

Mathematical functions that represent the profit of a firm or business based on various inputs, costs, and outputs.

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