Multiple Choice
In a survey of consumers, Daniel Kahneman, Jack Knetsch and Richard Thaler asked their opinion of a hardware store's decision to
A) go out of business because a larger hardware store opened in the same city; 82 percent of those surveyed believed it was unfair for the larger store to compete with the smaller store.
B) raise the price of snow shovels the day following a snowstorm; 82 percent of those surveyed believed this was unfair.
C) sell tickets to sporting and cultural events at prices higher than prices paid at the ticket windows for the same events; 82 percent of those surveyed believed this was unfair.
D) remain in business even though the store was not making an economic profit; 82 percent of those surveyed believed it would be unfair for the store to go out of business if there were no other hardware stores in the same area.
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