Asymmetric Information and Adverse Selection in
Insurance Markets: The Problem of Moral Hazard
Meltem TUMAY
Veri Analisti, Barclays Bank, İNGİLTERE
ABSTRACT
The problem of asymmetric information occurs when one party of an economic
transaction has insufficient knowledge about the other party to make accurate decisions. The moral
hazard, on the other hand, is the risk that one party to a contract can change their behaviour to the
detriment of the other party once the contract has been concluded. In insurance market the moral
hazard is tendency by which people expend less effort protecting those goods which are insured
against theft or damage.
Key Words: Asymmetric Information, Moral Hazard, Insufficient knowledge, Insurance
markets
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