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- Provide an intuitive discussion of how adverse selection affects the used-car market. Describe one potential signal that can help alleviate the problem of adverse selection in this market and discuss how this signal satisfies the two necessary assumptions for it to be used as a credible signal.arrow_forwardProvide an example of Moral Hazard from personal observation or experience.arrow_forwardIf people get higher pay for insurance than their premium will this increase or decrease the death rate of average persons? Is this an example of a moral hazard or harvest selection. How will an insurance company deal with this problemarrow_forward
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