Al regularly pays the full amount of taxes due,even though he could easily hide some of his income and reduce his tax burden,with no risk of getting caught.According to behavioral economics:

A) Al is not economically rational in his behavior.
B) fairness and other moral considerations cause Al to act contrary to his pure self-interest.
C) Al is more ethical than the majority of the population.
D) heuristics are causing Al to act honorably,not a conscious or deliberative thought process.

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Travis Peralta · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Behavioral economics suggests that people are not always purely rational in their decision-making and that moral considerations, such as fairness and ethics, can influence behavior. Al's decision to pay his full taxes even when he could avoid some of them is an example of this type of behavior.

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