QuickBank has decided to lower the interest rate it charges on business loans in order to attract more business. It has succeeded in boosting the number of loan applications, but it finds that many of the applicants turn out to be very poor credit risks. This illustrates the problem known as adverse selection moral hazard the principal-agent porblem diversification

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