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ightweight personal locator beacons are now available to hikers, making it easier for the Forest Service's rescue teams to locate those lost or in trouble in the wilderness. True or False: Forest Service costs will likely rise due to moral hazard.

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Answer: True

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Moral Hazard refers to the tendency of entities to take on more risk than they usually would have if they have a way to mitigate that risk. As a result of hikers now having trackers, they will be found easily in cases of distress. This will encourage hikers to go deeper into the forest or engage in activity they would not have before because they know that the Forest Service will be able to help them. The new trackers will also encourage more people to start forest hiking as they will view it as safer.

When all these happen, the Forest service will have to increase it's size as well as conduct more operations which will cost money thereby increasing their cost.

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