Adverse Selection

question 23

Multiple Choice

Adverse selection:

• A) is about actions and occurs after the parties have voluntarily entered into an agreement.
• B) is always present when moral hazard arises.
• C) relates to unobserved characteristics of people or goods and occurs before the parties have entered into an agreement.
• D) All of these statements are true.

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