A service like CARFAX, which provides a used car buyer with the complete history of a used car, is profitable because of the problem of moral hazard

a. True
b. False


B

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A bond that pays a yearly interest rate of $100 is for sale. The interest rate was 10 percent and now is 5 percent. The price of the bond has

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