Consider an apple orchard owner deciding how to incentivize his fruit pickers. He pays per pound harvested but adjusts the compensation rate higher during poor harvest seasons. As a consequence


a. The picker's effort would not depend on the compensation rate
b. The pickers would claim poor harvests in order to be paid higher piece rates even during bountiful harvest seasons
c. The pickers would claim good harvests in order to be paid higher piece rates even during poor harvest seasons
d. None of the above