Your lecturer changes the penalty for cheating on exams from getting a 0 on the exam to getting an F in the course. Your lecturer has
A) recognised that students don't make rational choices.
B) decreased the marginal benefit of cheating.
C) made all the students act in the social interest.
D) recognised that students don't respond to incentives.
E) increased the marginal cost of cheating.

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By increasing the penalty for cheating from a 0 on the exam to an F in the course, the lecturer is increasing the marginal cost of cheating. This will likely deter some students from cheating, as the potential cost of getting caught has increased.

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