An Efficient Market for Risk, Such as an Insurance Market

question 140

Multiple Choice

An efficient market for risk, such as an insurance market, is most likely to exist:

• A) when there is a level playing field, so that all participants have approximately the same wealth and the same degree of risk aversion.
• B) when the sellers of insurance are risk-averse but the purchasers are not.
• C) when there are significant differences between individuals' wealth levels and attitudes toward risk.
• D) in the presence of private, or asymmetric, information.

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Definitions:

Par Value

The face value of a bond or stock as stated by the issuing company, not necessarily its market value.

Cash Dividend

A financial distribution from a firm's profits to its investors, typically provided as cash.

Stockholders’ Equity

The ownership claim of shareholders on total assets. It is to a corporation what owner’s equity is to a proprietorship.

Cumulative Preferred Stock

A type of preferred stock that entitles shareholders to receive dividend arrearages in full before any dividends can be issued on other shares.