What Is Adverse Selection

question 70

Multiple Choice

What is adverse selection?

• A)It refers to the private, self-interested actions people that people pursue, which when taken collectively leads to a loss in economic surplus.
• B)It refers to the actions people take after they have entered into a transaction that make the other party to the transaction worse off.
• C)It refers to the situation in which one party to a transaction takes advantage of knowing more than the other party to the transaction.
• D)It refers to the actions people take before they enter into a transaction so as to mislead the other party to the transaction.

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Definitions:

Liable

Legally responsible or obligated, often in the context of paying compensation for harm or damages.

Agency Relationship

A relationship between two parties in which one party (the agent) agrees to represent or act for another party (the principal).

Restatement (Third)

A reference to the third series of the Restatements of the Law, which are authoritative summaries of common law in the United States, aimed at clarifying, modernizing, and improving the law.

Automatic Termination

A clause within a contract or agreement that causes it to end automatically upon the occurrence of specific conditions.