Moral Hazard Focuses On_____, While Adverse Selection Focuses on _____

question 51

Multiple Choice

Moral hazard focuses on_____, while adverse selection focuses on _____.

• A)unobserved characteristics of people occurring before parties enter into an agreement; actions that arise after the parties enter an agreement
• B)what can happen in the absence of information asymmetries; actions that require information asymmetry
• C)actions that arise after the parties enter an agreement; unobserved characteristics of people occurring before parties enter into an agreement
• D)None of these statements are true.

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Definitions:

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