Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)
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Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
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Chapter 22, Problem 1PA
Subpart (a):
To determine
Identifying principal and agent in the problem of moral hazard.
Subpart (b):
To determine
Identifying principal and agent in the problem of moral hazard.
Subpart (c):
To determine
Identifying principal and agent in the problem of moral hazard.
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George Akerloff focused the market for used cars and discussed an issue later generally called the "lemons problem." A "lemon" is a low quality used car, with the seller but not the potential buyer aware of this. Since sellers have more information about the quality of the car:
a. adverse selection causes an inefficiently large number of transactions to occur.
b. moral hazard causes an inefficiently large number of transactions to occur.
c. moral hazard causes an inefficiently small number of transactions to occur.
d. adverse selection causes an inefficiently small number of transactions to occur.
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Private markets may underallocate resources to a good or service that is affected by the moral hazard problem because the sellers of the product will not be able to
Multiple Choice
A. tell which specific buyers may be affected by moral hazard.
B. know the degree to which moral hazard may lead any specific buyer to engage in costly behavior.
C. both A and B.
D. neither A nor B.
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- The difference between moral hazard and adverse selection is a. moral hazard has to do with unobservable characteristics of individuals b. moral hazard has to do with unobservable actions of individuals c. adverse selection is when individuals change their behaviors because of a contract d. adverse selection is when you choose the wrong answer on a testarrow_forwardThe used car market can become a “lemon” market, where sellers of poor quality used cars will stay in the market, while sellers of good quality used cars will exit the market. Why is this happening? Is this adverse selection or moral hazard? Give an argumentarrow_forwardWhich of the following statements is correct? a. Adverse selection arises when one party to a transaction hides information from the other. b. Moral hazard arises when one party to a transaction hides actions/behavior to the other. c. Moral hazard leads to insured customers exercising less care than they would if they were not insured. d. All of the above.arrow_forward
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