adverse selection
Americannoun
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“The credit providers are going to try to offset that adverse selection, and the only way they can do that is raise prices.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
While Piskorski’s research suggests that iBuying is potentially profitable, this will be true only if companies can manage this adverse selection problem.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021
This phenomenon, also known as adverse selection, could collapse the market.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2020
Fewer healthy people in the pool raises the claims per member — a process that economists call adverse selection.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2018
Providing insurance at the place of employment presents an attractive way to pool risk and minimize adverse selection.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2014
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