In Economics, a Difference in Access to Relevant Knowledge Is

question 197

Multiple Choice

In economics, a difference in access to relevant knowledge is called a(n)

• A)relevancy frontier.
• B)knowledge gap.
• C)information asymmetry.
• D)information equilibrium.

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