Economic Analysis of Social Issues 1st Edition by Alan Grant

Exercise 26

A college student who does not intend to drink heavily finds himself drinking more than he intended because he believes that is what his friends want to do. In reality, his friends also wish they drank less heavily and less frequently. This illustrates a situation of ______
A) Mixed-strategy play
B) Diffusion of responsibility
C) Pluralistic ignorance
D) The size effect