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Project Partnership Payoffs
Two students, Alex and Ben, are assigned to work on a joint project. They can each choose to either 'Contribute Fully' or 'Do Minimal Work'. From Alex's perspective, describe two different non-monetary factors that could be part of their 'payoff' and explain how the value of that payoff would depend on the action Ben chooses.
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