When People Who Buy Insurance Change Their Behavior After the Purchase

question 157

Multiple Choice

When people who buy insurance change their behavior after the purchase because they are protected from loss by the insurance, the insurance market is said to face the problem of

• A)moral hazard.
• B)adverse selection.
• C)asymmetric information.
• D)economic irrationality.

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