The process where financial intermediaries create and sell low-risk assets and use the proceeds to purchase riskier assets is known as

A) risk sharing.
B) risk aversion.
C) risk neutrality.
D) risk selling.


A

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Suppose that the demand for a monopolist's product is estimated to be Qd = 100 ? 2P and its total costs are C(Q) = 10Q. Under first-degree price discrimination, the optimal price(s), number of total units exchanged, profit, and consumer surplus are:

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