MACROECONOMICS (LL)
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Author: McConnell
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C.) patients sue their doctor.
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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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