Discuss the "market for lemons” model. In your answer you have to: (i) clearly outline the full model, (ii) define the variables and functions that you use and explain the decisions facing the parties involved, (iii) derive and explain the results, (iii) specifically: show that a market failure may occur, (iv) show what determines whether a market failure occurs, (v) explain why it may occur.

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Hi, questions are in the screenshot image. below is the advanced microeconomics course, lecture: Imperfect Information, I include the topics as if they do any help.

 

Lecture: Imperfect Information syllables

1 Asymmetric Information

1.1 Principal-Agent Problems with Hidden Actions

1.2 General Discussion

 

2 TheGeneral-Principal Agent

 

3 A Simple Example of a Principal-Agent Problem

3.1 CASE1: FULL INFORMATION

3.2 Case2- Unobserved Effort

 

4 Principal-Agent - Hidden Information

4.1 CaseI: Complete Information

4.2 Diagram

4.3 CaseII: HiddenInformation

 

5 Education as a Signal

5.1 Perfect Information

5.2 Imperfect Information

5.3 Equilibrium (perfect Bayesian, PBE)

 

6 The Market for Lemons

6.1 Warranties as a Signal for Quality

 

7 Static Price Competition with Asymmetric Information

7.1 Revelation of Information 

Discuss the "market for lemons" model. In your answer you have to: (i) clearly
outline the full model, (ii) define the variables and functions that you use and
explain the decisions facing the parties involved, (iii) derive and explain the results,
(iii) specifically: show that a market failure may occur, (iv) show what determines
whether a market failure occurs, (v) explain why it may occur.
Transcribed Image Text:Discuss the "market for lemons" model. In your answer you have to: (i) clearly outline the full model, (ii) define the variables and functions that you use and explain the decisions facing the parties involved, (iii) derive and explain the results, (iii) specifically: show that a market failure may occur, (iv) show what determines whether a market failure occurs, (v) explain why it may occur.
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