Question

Description acceptable. He, Anderson, and Rucker claimed that “direct” and “indirect” factors affect this quantity in a paper developing a “comparative method of valuation” to measure it. To measure this quantity, Becker, DeGroot, and Marschak developed an incentive-compatible method equivalent to a Vickrey auction against an unknown bidder. If u(w, x) (“u of w comma x”) is a utility function, where x is a dummy variable corresponding to an undesired feature, then this quantity equals u(w0, 1) (“u of w-nought comma 1”). The income effect is often cited to explain why this quantity is finite, but a related quantity is infinite. This quantity corresponds to the (*) consumer reservation price. This quantity is smaller than a related quantity in the endowment effect. It’s not demand, but this quantity minus price equals consumer surplus. (10[1])For 10 points, name this quantity, the maximum a consumer would give up to obtain a good. ■END■ (10[3]0[5])

ANSWER: willingness to pay [or WTP; accept descriptions of how much someone is willing to pay or how much someone would want to pay for something; accept consumer reservation price before read; prompt on reservation price before read; prompt on valuation; reject “demand”; reject “willingness to accept” or “WTA”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame12110
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioClown Squad1390
Andrew HartBHSU RebirthNortheast by Northwestern13910
Yashwanth BajjiClown SquadBHSU ReFantazio1390
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop SmokingWashU1390
Adam FineThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?13910
William HoustonThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Dayshawk two of1390
Charles HangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking1390
Dan Nihawk two ofThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days13910

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y367%0%33%138.50
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y560%0%60%138.67
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y667%0%0%134.50
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%33%134.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y333%0%67%139.00