The government can help solve the information asymmetry problem by:

A. making markets illegal where information asymmetry is significant.
B. requiring the more informed party to reveal the missing information.
C. excluding those who do not have complete information from the market.
D. telling less-informed parties not to participate in the market.


Answer: B

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