Multiple Choice
The problem of adverse selection helps to explain
A) which firms are more likely to obtain funds from banks and other financial intermediaries, rather than from securities markets.
B) why collateral is an important feature of consumer, but not business, debt contracts.
C) why direct finance is more important than indirect finance as a source of business finance.
D) only A and B of the above.
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