In the two-period model, the nature of the asymmetric information is that

A) only the bank knows who the bad borrowers are.
B) only borrowers know whether they are bad or not.
C) only borrowers know the value of their collateral.
D) only banks can value the collateral.

B

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In 1931, a politician was paid a salary of $75,000. Government statistics show a consumer price index of 15.2 for 1931 and 195 for 2005. The politician’s 1931 salary was equivalent to a 2005 salary of about

a) $962,171 b) 1,125,008 c)1,154,262 d)1,455,995

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If tax rates were 100 percent, tax revenues would be _____

a. maximized b. minimized c. indeterminate d. the same if they were 50 percent

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