Does Signalling Solve The Lemons Problem?

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Timothy Perri PhD, Professor Emeritus (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/

Abstract: Maybe. Lemons and signalling models generally deal with different welfare problems, the former with withdrawal of high quality sellers, and the latter with socially wasteful signals. Absent signalling, with asymmetric information, high productivity workers may not be employed where they are valued the most. If one’s productivity is known in alternative employment, signalling that overcomes the lemons problem will only occur if it increases welfare.

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Publication
Perri T. Does Signalling Solve the Lemons Problem?. Applied Economics Letters [serial online]. April 2016; 23(4-6):227-229. Available from: EconLit with Full Text, Ipswich, MA. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1066484 Publisher version of record available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2015.1066484
Language: English
Date: 2016
Keywords
Asymmetric Information, Information, Productivity, Signals

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