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Chapter 4 Multiple Choice Questions
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Chapter 4 Multiple Choice Questions
Behavioural economics
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Retional behaviour assumes businesses maximise
utility
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costs
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sales
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profit
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Rational behaviour assumes consumers maximise
utility
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costs
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sales
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profit
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Profit is maximised when marginal revenue
Equals zero
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Equals marginal cost
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Is maximised
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Is minimised
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Profit is maximised when
Total revenue equals total cost
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The difference between total revenue and total cost is minimised
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The difference between total revenue and total cost is zero
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The positive difference between total revenue and total cost is maximised
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Framing refers to the fact that decisions depend on
How the choices are set out
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How much money you have
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Who you ask for advice
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What you decided last time
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Anchoring means
You always decide what you decided last time
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You never decide what you decided last time
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Your decision is affected by a reference point
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Your decision is affected by how many times you are asked
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Heuristics...
Refer to the variable costs of a decision
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Refer to the process of analysing the most likely outcome
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Refer to short cuts used to make decisions
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Refer to the reasons why we don't make particular decisions
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Salience refers to
the fact that we use short cuts to make decisions
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the fact that we are influenced by what others think
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the fact that we tend to make the same decision again
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the fact that information that stands out most affects our decisions.
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Ethics refer to
What is legal
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What is right or wrong
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What is most profitable
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What is cheapest
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Utility refers to
profit
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consumer welfare
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costs
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sales
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