Asymmetric information creates a market for lemons that reduces market efficiency
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Asymmetric information creates adverse selection and lemons problems that impair market efficiency, a well-established economic principle supported by theoretical and empirical literature.
Evidence for · 5
Costs and benefits of dynamic trading in a lemons market
2019 · cited by 30
Paper 0 studies dynamic trading markets where asymmetric information creates the lemons problem and affects market efficiency.
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More for · 4
Adverse selection, efficiency and the structure of information
2020 · cited by 14
Paper 1 applies Akerlof's lemons model to analyze how adverse selection and asymmetric information structures impact economic efficiency.
On the market for “Lemons”: quality provision in markets with asymmetric information
2020 · cited by 7
Paper 2 discusses Akerlof's seminal economic result regarding how unobservable quality and asymmetric information can drive high-quality products out of markets.
Capital Market Failure, Adverse Selection and Equity Financing of Higher Education
2005 · cited by 2
Paper 3 utilizes capital market failure theories to demonstrate how adverse selection leads to market inefficiencies and underinvestment.
How peer mechanism impacts loan repayment in a Self-help group?: An empirical study in India.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 9 notes that information asymmetry creates friction and adverse selection, reducing the efficiency of formal financial institutions in lending.