Which of the Following Could the Lemons Problem, Applied to Financial

question 41

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could the lemons problem, applied to financial markets, explain?

• A) Lenders seeing a disproportionate share of high quality loan applicants
• B) An average interest rate that is too high for the actual risk obtained
• C) Profits for many lenders increasing significantly
• D) High quality potential borrowers relying more on internally generated funds to finance investment

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