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An Economist Secures Volunteers from Her College Campus and Divides

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An economist secures volunteers from her college campus and divides them into two groups that are ushered into different rooms. Both groups are given a test. Those in the first group who score 90 percent or more receive an Apple iPad. Upon exiting the room, those given iPads are offered the choice of receiving $150 in exchange for the iPad. Only a few take the exchange. Those in the second group who score 90 percent are offered either an Apple iPad or $150. About half the students choose $150. The professor uses this data to support a principle known as the endowment effect. The professor is engaging in:


A) experimental economics.
B) natural experiments.
C) the economic decision rule.
D) a market coordination mechanism.

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