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ISBN: 9781947172340

Author: Timothy Taylor, Steven A. Greenlaw

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 16, Problem 19CTQ

You are on the board of directors of a private high school, which is hiring new tenth-grade science teachers. As you think about hiring someone for a job, what are some mechanisms you might use to overcome the problem of imperfect information?

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