Macroeconomics (7th Edition)
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Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
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Identifying adverse selection and moral hazard problem.
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- Cyclists travel faster on their bicycles when wearing helmets. Is this an example of adverse selection or moral hazard?arrow_forwardDefine the difference between moral hazard and adverse selection using an example. .arrow_forwardAdverse selection is good ? like the The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) deals with the problem of adverse selection by using the power of the government to fine individuals who do not sign up for health insurance. do you think it brings benefits or not ?arrow_forward
- In the RAND study, two plans had full coverage for spending within the hospital, but one had a $150 deductible for ambulatory care. Th e plan with the ambulatory care deductible had a lower probability of hospital admission (0.115) per year than did the plan with full coverage for everything (0.128), even though both plans covered hospital care fully. (See Table 5.4. Page 120 of the Textbook: Health Economics Charles) What does this tell you about the use of hospital and ambulatory. Table 5.4. Hospital use in HIS Plan Admissionsper Year Inpatient Cost(1984 Dollars) C = 0 0.128 409 C=0.5 0.092 450 C=0.95 0.099 315 $150 individual deductible 0.115 373arrow_forwardFederal law allows workers who leave a job to continue to participate in the health insurance they were receiving through their previous employer. However, they have to pay the full monthly premium (including both the employee and employer portions), as well as a 2 percent administrative fee. This high price has led many people, especially the healthier ones, to drop coverage. Insurance companies report that these plans lose them money. This phenomenon is an example of: a. Adverse Selection b. Moral Hazard c. Tragedy of the Commons d. Commodity Egalitarianismarrow_forwardIt was taught that liability insurance would undermine the tort system, which has as its central theorem the concept that the individual responsible for injuring another should be made to pay for that injury. Do you think the existence of liability insurance causes one to be less careful than he or she might otherwise be?arrow_forward
- If the demand curve is steeper for particular health services the moral hazard is less ? True or false Explain briefly.arrow_forward"If the production of health care generated positive externalities, the welfare costs of moral hazard would be smaller than suggested by M. Pauly's analysis." Is this statement true, or false? Use a graph to illustrate your answer.arrow_forwardWhat is the significance when it comes to moral hazard to show it's efficient function of a medical market?arrow_forward
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