Because of the Adverse Selection Problem

question 19

Multiple Choice

Because of the adverse selection problem

• A)good credit risks are more likely to seek loans causing lenders to make a disproportionate amount of loans to good credit risks.
• B)lenders may refuse loans to individuals with high net worth,because of their greater proclivity to "skip town."
• C)lenders are reluctant to make loans that are not secured by collateral.
• D)lenders will write debt contracts that restrict certain activities of borrowers.

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value in a list of numbers, which separates the higher half from the lower half of the data set.

IQR

Interquartile Range, a measure of statistical dispersion, which is the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of the data.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset, indicating the spread of the data.

Median

The middle value in a data set, which divides the set into two equal halves when the values are arranged in ascending order.