X Y Local :;Rats play consumer roles he drove; one for V, 1 the car By BOBBY SWANSON Travel,- Battalion Reporter pHow goes the rat race” may soon vasbefi, © more than a cliche. HVo Texas A&M University eco- buy theA 1 ' 5 ^ bnve been testing consumer ■pries on rats for eight years and rave found the animals economic be- eecont| iav * or to s * m ^ ar to that of hu- nans. he found V r< ^ a y Battalio and Dr. John ^ U j (H , [agel said many economists ques- luesi ‘ oni ^ use the animals to test u luman aspects of work, pay and pending. IronsanB^ ome cven laughed,” Battalio aid. “But no one is laughing now. ” ii ( a, ' ia ‘r Th(' pair said they are now praised »'rwhatlit their colleagues and covered by >Ce I® national media. Fortune maga- , fee will include their work in an full set ipcoming issue. They said their animal research in Atomics is an important screening ■dee for future human experi- nents. J KAnimal research can suggest the Has of research which might he vorthwhile with people,” Battalio B. “Given limited resources, it is Ii trobably better to spend a nickel on S ats than a dollar on humans, espe- _ Hly since human experiments are ■ ©[expensive to conduct.” * ar ? r ^® atta h° and Kagel said their eco- each rAic rats must work for a living and areas -(Tg p a j t ] f or the work they do. There oduced* tl ra t s j n separate houses, which ■■sound insulated to eliminate dis- cernec ra( .tj oni altering,Bhe ra ts must press levers as work. ; t y L ‘ arir flu number of times required to get es forn| ood or wa t er i s p a y Hie rats decide mmen jow they will spend their pay as they csdayj vitk. °f M^ kthe rat houses are monitored by and ii tfniputers that record the amount mtury, md selection of work each rat per- i Tho^onns. eongu^WLike consumers, when we raise ;ain.\'dhe prices, rats buy less,” Kagel said, ptoms ■hen the price for food is increased ate has® water is decreased, they eat less 000pcoPuul d r j n k more,” Kagel said. >00 peo[#k n earlier study done by the two .hedw howed ra ts prefer root beer to wa- 00,001 er. When water is free and root beer ame pe , 'l' . co-auM nth Peaf lax attif ; it to ref 1 IkEntries are being accepted jathy nfthfough Nov. 3 for the fifth annual moved ITHomas F. Mayo Price Essay Con- m care t-test. is said. #A $100 prize will be awarded to se is goWme winner. t of netfHlhe contest is sponsored by the Inited ' English Department and open to Dr. Ray Battalio (left) and Dr. John Kagel, both Texas A&M economics professors, ex amine one of the rats being used in their study of the consumer behavior of rats. After eight Photo by Bobby Swanson years of study, they have found that rats “work,” “earn” and “spend” much like hu mans. has to be earned, the rats would work to get the luxury item, Battalio said. The rats also got greedy. They wanted the root beer until it cost too much, and then they began to drink water again, he said. The economists have tested the effects of “welfare” on the distribu tion of income among rats. Kagel said rats given unearned rewards tend to work less. This appears to be consistent with observations and conjectures of some economies about the welfare states evolving in some Western eco nomies,” Kagel said. “Some people laugh at us for doing experimental economic research with rats,” said Kagel. “Sometimes we get emotional responses, but basically we are well received in the scientific community.” Nov. 3 set as Mayo essay contest deadline Caddyshack The Bandit. Frog and Justice are at it ogam in the all new adventures of... students enrolled in English 103, Rhodes Scholar, died in 1954. 104 or 10411. Essays are limited to 750 words 1 he prize is given in memory of and must be written in response to a *7:20 * 9:40 Mayo, who was the head of Texas A&M s English Department from 1944-52 and longtime college libra rian. Mayo, who taught William Faulkner in high school and was a ;lass assignment in either of the three courses. 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