Analysis of Adverse Selection Indicates That Financial Intermediaries,especially Banks

question 83

Multiple Choice

Analysis of adverse selection indicates that financial intermediaries,especially banks

• A)have advantages in overcoming the free-rider problem,helping to explain why indirect finance is a more important source of business finance than is direct finance.
• B)despite their success in overcoming free-rider problems,nevertheless play a minor role in moving funds to corporations.
• C)provide better-known and larger corporations a higher percentage of their external funds than they do to newer and smaller corporations which rely to a greater extent on the new issues market for funds.
• D)must buy securities from corporations to diversify the risk that results from holding non-tradable loans.

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Definitions:

Sales Volume

The quantity of units sold within a specified period, crucial for analyzing a company's performance and planning production.

Variable Cost

Costs that vary directly with the level of production or sales volume, such as materials and labor directly involved in creating a product.

Advertising Spending

The amount of money a company uses for its advertising efforts to promote its products or services.

Contribution Margin

Contribution Margin is the difference between sales revenue and variable costs of production, indicating how much revenue contributes to fixed costs and profit.