Emotions like guilt and sympathy:

A. reduce the likelihood that a transaction will maximize total economic surplus.
B. can solve commitment problems, but generally reduce players' payoffs.
C. are irrelevant to economic decision-making.
D. can solve commitment problems.

Answer: D

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