The time and energy required to gather information about various candidates are referred to as

correct fill up is Opportunity cost

Explanation:

solution

we know that opportunity cost is any benefit and profit or value of something that one needs to give up in order to achieve something else is called opportunity cost

opportunity cost   mean that the value of the next highest value alternative use of the resources

so

here we can say that time and energy is utilised in order to gather information about various candidates

so correct fill up is Opportunity cost

The time and energy required to gather information about various candidates are referred to as .

Opportunity cost

Explanation:

The concept of opportunity cost is defined as the amount of effort, energy, or time that an individual or an organization is going to by exercising the choice of someone or something after comparing that person or object with a group of similar individuals or objects to pick just one of them.

can you explain it better