Moral Hazard in Chapter 1, the Issue of Information Asymmetry, and the and the Concept

question 31

Essay

Moral hazard
In Chapter 1, the issue of information asymmetry, and the concept of moral hazard were introduced. Explain why the moral hazard issue is worse where some users (such as accountants and bankers) have expert knowledge.

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