Adverse selection problems can occur when buyers and sellers have different amounts of information about a good for sale.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

This is the way in which adverse selection problems are defined.

Economics

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The appropriate monetary policy response to a situation with deficient financial liquidity

A) an open market sale of government bonds. B) to do nothing. C) an open market purchase of government bonds. D) to increase reserve requirements.

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GDP can rise as a result of a rise in __________________, and Real GDP can rise as a result of a rise in _______________________

A) prices or output; prices only. B) prices only; prices or output. C) prices or output; output only. D) prices or output; prices or output.

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Indy currently earns $50,000 in taxable income and pays $8,000 in taxes. Suppose that Indy faces a marginal tax rate of 25 percent and his boss offers him a raise of $2,000 per year. Indy should:

A. accept the raise because his after-tax income will rise by $1,500. B. reject the raise because his after-tax income will fall by $3,000. C. reject the raise because his after-tax income will fall by $4,500. D. reject the raise because his after-tax income will fall by $6,000.

Economics

A well-capitalized bank:

A) does not have stockholders' equity. B) is prone to bank runs. C) owns far more than it owes. D) only accepts deposits but does not advance loans.

Economics