Pls reply RC doubt 2

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by hellother » Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:39 am
Hello,

Consider the 2 segments of a long RC passage.The question does not require other parts. Please clarify my doubt.

Although the Austrian school of economic thought,sometimes called the Vienna school, shares with neoclassical economics a focus on the actions of the individual actor, it distinguishes itself most from this more orthodox perspective with its influential Austrian Business Cycle Theory(ABCT).

ABCT represents an attempt by the school's theorists to explain the "boom and dust" cycle in modern economies. ...and etc etc.....

(At the end of the passage)
While neoclassical economists make use of the idea of time preferences in some economic analyses, the Austrian school makes time preferences a major focus of its theoretical investigations.

Question...
According to the passage,a major difference between the Austrian school and the neoclassical school is the Austrian school's

(A) attempt to explain an economy's boom and bust cycles

(B) emphasis on historical factors in its economic analyses.

The answer given is option (B)(citing time preferences). But why not (A) ? The book I referred to , eliminates option (A) by saying that neoclassical economists could have their own " boom and bust cyle " theory.But even if they had such a theory, it should be different from the Austrian school's theory ( that's what the first para and the starting of the second para say . )

Please explain how to tackle this question .
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:43 am
My first impression of A is that it seems to imply that only the Austrian school attempts to explain the boom and bust cycle, which I don't think we can say with any certainty.
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by hellother » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:56 am
Hello,
Thanks for the reply.. Please correct me if I am wrong.

As far as I understand, you are trying to say that option (A) focuses on "attempt" rather than "the boom and bust cycles"(which is what the author wants to convey). So option (A) is wrong . Am I correct ?

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:37 am
Yes, that's how I would read it.
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