Suppose that in 2013, sheepherders in western Canada slaughtered 10 000 sheep and buried them in large open pits rather than truck them to the market to be sold. What would most likely explain this behaviour?

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sheepherders making a shut-down decision to save the variable cost of transporting sheep to a slaughter house

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the rising marginal cost of producing sheep

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irrational behaviour of sheepherders

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none of the above

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sheepherders making an exit decision to recover the fixed cost of raising the sheep

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