Ashley opened an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant. the price per-person was based on what ashley believed an average restaurant patron would consume. the restaurant began to lose money. ashley concluded that her patrons had "above average" appetites, and were attracted to her restaurant because they could eat as much as they wanted while being charged an average price. a similar phenomenon exists in insurance markets. this problem is called

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Kymani Bartlett

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25 October, 06:02

Ashley opened an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant. the price per-person was based on what ashley believed an average restaurant patron would consume. the restaurant began to lose money. ashley concluded that her patrons had "above average" appetites, and were attracted to her restaurant because they could eat as much as they wanted while being charged an average price. a similar phenomenon exists in insurance markets. this problem is called

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Tootsie · Answer 1

In the insurance market, this is referred to as adverse selection. Adverse selection is simply just a situation where the seller has information that the buyer does not have about an aspect of the product or its quality, or vice versa. When it comes to insurance, adverse selection is the likelihood of those who preform dangerous jobs or are high risk to get life insurance.