Professional Buyers of Antiques Often Have More Information About the Value

question 44

Multiple Choice

Professional buyers of antiques often have more information about the value of antique objects than do the sellers. This illustrates

• A) the principal-agent problem.
• B) the moral hazard problem.
• C) the free-rider problem.
• D) asymmetric information.

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