Otis, the manager of a camera store, believes that his store may be closed by corporate in the near future, so he cannot sleep well at night and he is dealing with severe anxiety
and irritability, and he has been ill several times this month. several times otis has
missed important details in his job, and he almost got in an automobile accident this morning. the district manager is coming today to do his bimonthly evaluation of otis's store. although otis usually performs well, he is worried about this one. his district manager may be influenced by bias.
a) hindsight

b) sunk-cost

c) availability

d) framing

e) overconfidence

7. problems and applications q7 congress and the president decide that the united states should reduce air pollution by reducing its use of gasoline. they impose a $0.50 tax on each gallon of gasoline sold. suppose they decided to impose the tax on consumers. in the following graph, shows the effect of a $0.50 tax on each gallon of gasoline sold imposed on consumers by shifting the demand or supply curve. demand supply 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 price of gasoline (dollars per gallon) quantity of gasoline (thousands of gallons) demand s 1 s 2 true or false: the price producers receive will be higher if the tax were imposed on consumers. true false if the demand for gasoline were more elastic, this tax would be effective in reducing the quantity of gasoline consumed. true or false: consumers of gasoline are by this tax. true false workers in the oil industry are by this tax.