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What does Adverse Selection mean?

A situation where one party has information the other lacks, leading to an inefficient outcome.

Adverse Selection in a sentence
Adverse Selection occurs when high-risk individuals are more likely to purchase insurance.

Adverse Selection in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Adverse Selektion
also Negativauslese

Informationsvorteil einer Seite vor Vertragsschluss (z.B. Gebrauchtwagen).

French
Antisélection
also Sélection adverse

Problème d'information asymétrique avant la signature d'un contrat.

Spanish
Selección adversa

Cuando una de las partes oculta información relevante en un trato.

Italian
Selezione avversa

Asimmetria informativa che precede la stipulazione di un contratto.

Common phrases with Adverse Selection

  • occur in adverse selection
  • insurance market adverse selection
  • negotiation adverse selection

Synonyms and opposites for Adverse Selection

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