Adverse Selection and Re-Trade

Adverse Selection and Re-Trade∗

We study how present and future adverse selection costs affect the prices of assets that may be traded repeatedly. We find that adverse selection is not a trading cost on average, and therefore future trading “costs” have no direct impact on current prices. Adverse selection can lead to allocation inefficiencies, which influence prices. Specifically, prices are reduced by the present value of a...

Trade Credit, Collateral, and Adverse Selection

We show how trade credit use depends on the value of collateral in a repossession, as well as the extent to which firms face adverse selection problems when dealing with an outside investor. The theory explains: why trade credit is short term credit, why firms simultaneously take and extend credit to other firms with similar levels of creditworthiness, why firms whose prospects start to deterio...

Quality Inspection, Adverse Selection and Trade in Perishable Commodities

The quality of many goods and services may change randomly between the time of shipment and delivery, creating disputes over quality that can result in lemons-market equilibria. We investigate the potential of third-party inspections for such inefficiencies. We consider two types of inspection, ex post verification of quality in consignment contracts and ex ante certification in FOB contracts, ...

evidence of adverse selection in irans health insurance market

در این تحقیق به مطالعه وجود انتخاب نامساعد(کژ گزینی) در بازار بیمه درمان تکمیلی ایران پرداخته شده است. داده های مورد نیاز توسط پرسشنامه و به روش نمونه گیری خوشه ای جمع آوری شده است. پرسشنامه ها در میان افراد شاغل ساکن شهر تهران توریع شد. در این تحقیق با استفاده از تخمین دو مدل لجستیک و به دست آوردن ضریب همبستگی میان تقاضای بیمه درمان تکمیلی و رخداد خسارت به بررسی موضوع مورد نظر پرداخته شده است....

Adverse consequences of adverse selection.