Economics Today, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (18th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 1, Problem 13P
To determine
(a)
The model that is more strongly based on the rationality assumption of economics for
To determine
(b)
The way an economist would evaluate which is the better model for forecasting electoral outcomes.
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