Discussion Post
Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
• A colleague tells you that he can get a business loan from the bank, but the rates seem very high for what your colleague considers a low- risk loan. Give an adverse selection explanation for this, and offer advice to your friend on how to solve the problem. Give a moral hazard explanation for this, and offer advice
• Describe an adverse selection problem a company is facing. What is the source of the asymmetric information? Who is the less informed party? What transactions are not being consummated as a result of the information? Could you (or do you) use signaling or screening to consummate these transactions? Offer your company some sound advice, complete with computations of the attendant profit consequences.
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.