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. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this quantity, the maximum a consumer would give up to obtain a good. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Swapnil GargBerkeleyStanford+121-5
Anderson WangA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsCry of the Common Loon13810
Tim MorrisonStanford+Berkeley1390
Kevin Yenumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?13910

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