EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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Chapter 15.5, Problem 1TTA
To determine
Whether sellers have incentive to provide information to buyers.
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Assume that the market for lemons has unraveled. Who is harmed by the existence of asymmetric information? Who is helped?
Which is not an example of asymmetric information?
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A customer not knowing which insurance plan is best
A client making a purchase of a used private airplane of unknown condition
A mail carrier making her deliveries
An insurer not having the full information about a client’s drug use
A tree service recommending needless pruning on fruit trees is an example of:
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adverse selection.
mutually beneficial trades.
moral hazard.
a trade fallacy.
Describe two empirical studies that suggest demonstrate the market effects of asymmetric information
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What impact do asymmetric and imperfect information have on prices and quantities?
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An unstable equilibrium.
A decline in prices or quantities of products sold.
One party (buyer/seller) will always be unhappy.
One party will be made better off, and the other party will be made worse off.
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The text points out that asymmetric information can have deleterious effects on market outcomes. a. Explain how asymmetric information about a hidden action or a hidden characteristic can lead to moral hazard or adverse selection. b. Discuss a few tactics that managers can use to overcome these problems.
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Identify each of the following as an adverse selection or a moral hazard problema. A person with car insurance fails to lock his car doors when he shops at a mall.b. A person with a family history of cancer purchases the most complete health coverage available.c. A person with health insurance takes more risks on the ski slopes of Aspen than he would without health insurance.d. A college professor receives tenure (assurance of permanent employment) from her employer.e. A patient pays his surgeon before she performs the surgery.
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