What is a costly signal?
a. An action that is costly to interpret.
b. An action that makes the receiver pay a high price.
c. An action intended to give credibility to the sender’s declaration of intention.
d. An action that is not a verbal message.
Ans: c
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Why do former staff members of elected officials make good lobbyists?
a. They are well-informed of a variety of issues that are important to the legislature. b. They have a strong network of resources built from on-the-job experience. c. They are hard workers and good researchers. d. They have a vested interest in the political process.
According to Duverger's law,
A. a winner-takes-all system encourages third-party growth. B. single-member districts lead to instability because political stakes are so high. C. small parties flourish best in a single-member district system. D. proportional representation systems lead to two-party systems. E. single-member districts lead to stable two-party systems.