The Concept of Adverse Selection Helps to Explain

question 14

Multiple Choice

The concept of adverse selection helps to explain

• A) which firms are more likely to obtain funds from banks and other financial intermediaries, rather than from the securities markets.
• B) why indirect finance is more important than direct finance as a source of business finance.
• C) why direct finance is more important than indirect finance as a source of business finance.
• D) only A and B of the above.
• E) only A and C of the above.

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Definitions:

Indirect Labor

Labor costs not directly associated with the manufacture of products or performance of services, such as maintenance and supervision.

Activity Rate

A rate that determines the cost driver of a particular activity, used in activity-based costing to allocate costs to products or services.

Supervising

The act of overseeing and managing employees or processes to ensure that tasks are completed efficiently and effectively.

First Stage Allocations

The initial process in cost accounting of assigning overhead costs to different departments or cost pools.