An аirplаne ticket is а cоntract – a prоmise by an airline tо deliver you to your destination. You buy a $1,000 plane ticket to Sydney, Australia for next Christmas. (The airline requires you to pay in advance.) Once your flight is booked, you spend $1,500 on non-refundable reservations for a SCUBA dive, a whale watching cruise, and several other adventures. Without these investments, your time in Sydney would have brought you enjoyment worth $3,000; having made these investments, your time in Sydney will bring you enjoyment of $6,000. Of course, there is some chance that something will go wrong and the airline will have to cancel your flight. And there are costly actions – such as not overbooking the flight, paying their pilots well, and leaving extra time on the schedule – that make the airline less likely to have to cancel. A. Define a reliance investment. Which of the things described above are reliance investments? B. Define an investment in performance. Which of the things described above are investments in performance? C. Suppose that in the event your flight was cancelled, the airline owed you reliance damages. Conceptually, what would this measure? In this problem, how much money would it be? D. Would reliance damages create an incentive for the airline to invest more than, less than, or the efficient amount in being able to fly you to Sydney? Why? E. Suppose that in the event your flight was cancelled, the airline owed you expectation damages, which were meant to capture the full value of your trip at the time you would have taken it (including any benefit you get as a result of any investments you’ve made). How much money would this be? F. Would expectation damages create an incentive for the airline to invest more than, less than, or the efficient amount in being able to fly you to Sydney? Why? G. Would expectation damages lead you to invest more than, less than, or the efficient amount in non-refundable Sydney adventures? Why? H. Suppose the terms of your ticket don’t specify whether the airline would pay for your hotel room in the event of an overnight delay caused by weather. Which default rule – the airline pays for your hotel room, or you do – would function as a penalty default? Why? What incentive would this default rule create?
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