At Ultrinsic. com, students pay a small entry fee to compete in grades-based contests for cash prizes. Suppose that 15 students from your economics class each pay $70 to enter a grades-based contest. This would create a $1050 prize pool. An equal share of the $1050 pot is awarded at the end of the term to each contestant who earns an A in the course. If four students earn A’s, each receives $262. If only one student earns an A, that person gets the entire $1050 pot. What economic concept does Ultrinsic. com use to encourage participants to learn more and get better grades? A. incentives B. trade creates value C. trade-offs D. opportunity costs E. marginal thinking

A. incentives

Explanation:

An incentive is a motivator to do something. Traditionally incentive is extrinsic, that is there is a reward given when an achievement is made. This is the rational for bonuses on the job. Where an employee is compensated for achieving a milestone at work.

Ultrinsic.com is using incentive of a cash reward for those that get As as a motivator for the students. Students pay an entry fee of $70 and if one student gets an A he will get the whole pool of funds. If more than one person gets an A they will share the money in the pool.

More students will be motivated to get As.

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rational decision making is a multi-step process for making choices between alternatives. the process of rational decision making favors logic, objectivity, and analysis over subjectivity and insight. the word “rational” in this context does not mean sane or clear-headed as it does in the colloquial sense.

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