What is adverse selection?
A) It refers to the private, self-interested actions that people pursue, which, when taken collectively, lead to a loss in economic surplus.
B) It refers to the actions people take after they have entered into a transaction that make the other party to the transaction worse off.
C) It refers to the situation in which one party to a transaction takes advantage of knowing more than the other party to the transaction.
D) It refers to the actions people take before they enter into a transaction so as to mislead the other party to the transaction.
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