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1、TheMarketfor"Lemons":QualityUncertaintyandtheMarketMechanismAuthor(s):GeorgeA.AkerlofSource:TheQuarterlyJournalofEconomics,Vol.84,No.3(Aug.,1970),pp.488-500Publishedby:TheMITPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1879431Accessed:18/12/200804:39Youruseoft
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6、toTheQuarterlyJournalofEconomics.http://www.jstor.orgTHEMARKETFOR"LEMONS":QUALITYUNCERTAINTYANDTHEMARKETMECHANISM*GEORGEA.AKERLOFI.Introduction,488.-II.Themodelwithautomobilesasanexample,489.-III.Examplesandapplications,492.-IV.Counteractinginstitutions,499.
7、-V.Conclusion,500.I.INTRODUCrIONThispaperrelatesqualityanduncertainty.Theexistenceofgoodsofmanygradesposesinterestingandimportantproblemsforthetheoryofmarkets.Ontheonehand,theinteractionofqualitydifferencesanduncertaintymayexplainimportantinstitutionsofthela
8、bormarket.Ontheotherhand,thispaperpresentsastrug-glingattempttogivestructuretothestatement:"Businessinunder-developedcountriesisdifficult";inparticular,astructureisgivenfordeterminingtheeconomic