ABC Company knows that it produces and sells a very good mouse trap.XYZ Company knows that it produces and sells a lousy mouse trap.According to the "signaling theory" of advertising,the quality difference likely produces the result that
A) both ABC and XYZ have incentives to spend large amounts of money on advertising their mouse traps.
B) ABC has an incentive to spend a large amount of money on advertising its mouse trap, but XYZ does not.
C) XYZ has an incentive to spend a large amount of money on advertising its mouse trap, but ABC does not.
D) neither ABC nor XYZ has an incentive to spend a large amount of money on advertising their mouse traps.
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