B) False
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A) are a rare aberration from rational decision making.
B) are often caused by time inconsistency.
C) can be easily overcome by providing decision makers with better information.
D) occur frequently but have no impact on the ability of neoclassical models to predict economic outcomes.
F) None of the above
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A) Parker would feel better off.
B) Parker would feel worse off.
C) Parker would feel about the same.
D) Behavioral economics research suggest that the intensity of losses versus gains follows no measurable pattern.
F) B) and C)
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A) people who consume more goods and services are happier than those who consume less.
B) people can only become happier if their consumption continues rising indefinitely.
C) there is a threshold of consumption that one must cross before one can be happy.
D) we can combine the happiness of different individuals to get "total happiness."
F) All of the above
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A) makes most decisions based on careful calculation of benefits and costs.
B) uses evolutionary-developed heuristics to make many decisions.
C) only develops heuristics for decision making after the same decision has been made multiple times using a rational framework of comparing benefits and costs.
D) employs heuristics in decision making that are slow but generally error free.
F) B) and C)
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A) sense of fairness.
B) generosity.
C) self-interest.
D) time inconsistency.
F) None of the above
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A) utility maximization.
B) loss minimization.
C) sense of fairness.
D) self-interest.
F) None of the above
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A) help people overcome their self-control problems caused by time inconsistency.
B) do not fundamentally alter decisions because they do not change the benefits or costs of a particular action.
C) end up being more costly, as people regularly violate them and incur penalties.
D) overcome cognitive biases introduced by brain System 2.
F) B) and C)
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B) False
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B) False
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A) Firms will increase both package sizes and prices but will increase prices more to communicate to consumers that the product has greater value.
B) Firms will reduce package sizes but keep prices the same, thus increasing the per unit price of the good.
C) Firms will keep package sizes the same but lower prices and attempt to cover the higher costs with greater revenue.
D) According to prospect theory, the choice of strategy doesn't matter, as consumers are generally able to recognize price increases regardless of what form they take.
F) All of the above
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