Merrill Lynch presumably knows in advance which volunteers it will accept and which it will decline. So why bother offering the deal to all employees? (a) Why doesn’t Merrill Lynch just offer the...

Merrill Lynch presumably knows in advance which volunteers it will accept and which it will decline. So why bother offering the deal to all employees? (a) Why doesn’t Merrill Lynch just offer the package to those employees whose requests it plans to accept?