moral hazard, one side of the market is not able to observe the actions taken
by the people they deal with.
Where moral hazard is a problem, the market participant without in-
formation tries to monitor performance of the participant with information,
and to make this performance part of the terms of the contract. Fire insurance companies have inspectors who observe precautions taken by their large industrial customers. Auto theft insurers may give discounts to customers
who have anti-theft devices on their cars. Unemployment insurance runs out after a few weeks of unemployment. Firms try to monitor their workers' performance. People that hire contractors often hire inspectors to observe
that construction proceeds according to specications. Because monitoring is expensive, and usually imperfect, even with monitoring the problem of moral hazard remains a serious one
Another problem of asymmetric information, similar to adverse selection,
is known in the insurance industry as moral hazard. Adverse selection
occurs when your trading partners have less favorable characteristics than
the population at large. Moral hazard occurs when the actions taken by your
trading partners are less favorable for you than the actions of the average
member of the population.
Examples of moral hazard include the following. People who have re
insurance will be less interested in preventing res than those without re
insurance. People who have insurance against auto theft are likely to take
fewer precautions against having their car stolen than people who do not
have insurance. People with unemployment insurance may search less in-
tensely for jobs. Workers whose performance is not monitored may shirk.
Construction contractors whose work is not closely inspected may do shoddy
work, the
aws of which do not become apparent until after they are paid.
With moral hazard, as with adverse selection, the problem is that people
on one side of the market know something that the people on the other side
do not. Moral hazard is sometimes called the case of hidden action. With
moral hazard, one side of the market is not able to observe the actions taken
by the people they deal with.
Where moral hazard is a problem, the market participant without in-
formation tries to monitor performance of the participant with information,
and to make this performance part of the terms of the contract. Fire insurance companies have inspectors who observe precautions taken by their large industrial customers. Auto theft insurers may give discounts to customers
who have anti-theft devices on their cars. Unemployment insurance runs out after a few weeks of unemployment. Firms try to monitor their workers' performance. People that hire contractors often hire inspectors to observe
that construction proceeds according to specications. Because monitoring is expensive, and usually imperfect, even with monitoring the problem of moral hazard remains a serious one
Another problem of asymmetric information, similar to adverse selection,
is known in the insurance industry as moral hazard. Adverse selection
occurs when your trading partners have less favorable characteristics than
the population at large. Moral hazard occurs when the actions taken by your
trading partners are less favorable for you than the actions of the average
member of the population.
Examples of moral hazard include the following. People who have re
insurance will be less interested in preventing res than those without re
insurance. People who have insurance against auto theft are likely to take
fewer precautions against having their car stolen than people who do not
have insurance. People with unemployment insurance may search less in-
tensely for jobs. Workers whose performance is not monitored may shirk.
Construction contractors whose work is not closely inspected may do shoddy
work, the
aws of which do not become apparent until after they are paid.
With moral hazard, as with adverse selection, the problem is that people
on one side of the market know something that the people on the other side
do not. Moral hazard is sometimes called the case of hidden action. With
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