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Adverse Selection: Positive Selection of Worker Types (Mas-Collel)

I'm reviewing some question from Mas-Collel and I am stuck on a chapter 13 question related to adverse selection. Consider a model of positive selection in which there are workers of two possible ...
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What does commitment in adverse selection mean?

In this slide deck, p15. it says "The revelation principle requires that the principal can fully commit to the terms of the contract. If this is not the case, an indirect mechanism, which allows for ...
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Does the demand for bad quality products increase when there is information asymmetry?

Situation 1 In a situation where we have two markets one with good quality products and the other with bad quality products, if we are in a situation where the buyer knows which is the good product ...
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