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Caiter2013

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Government mandated safety standards within firms
 
  A) will always decrease efficiency.
  B) can increase efficiency by avoiding a prisoner's dilemma outcome.
  C) are unnecessary because of asymmetric information.
  D) will create unfair competition among firms.

Question 2

Firms under-invest in safety because
 
  A) firms are not concerned with safety.
  B) firms do not want their plants to be safe.
  C) firms are risk averse.
  D) firms do not enjoy all of the benefits from investments in safety.


brittrenee

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D



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