information asymmetry

economics term for when one party in a transaction has an advantage in information
Class type of: information Q431965

Facts

2 properties
Subclass of
information
Has characteristic
asymmetry[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en information asymmetry ar تفاوت المعلومات cs informační asymetrie da asymmetrisk information de asymmetrische Information el Ασύμμετρη πληροφόρηση es asimetría informativa es asimetría de la información es información asimétrica fa عدم تقارن اطلاعاتی fi epäsymmetrinen informaatio fr asymétrie d'information he מידע א-סימטרי hi सूचना विषमता id asimetri informasi it asimmetria d'informazione it asimmetria di informazione it asimmetria di informazioni it asimmetria informativa it asimmetrie informative
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2008006749
GND ID
4120934-5
OpenAlex ID
C137577040
BNCF Thesaurus ID
63253
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
169320537
Dewey Decimal Classification
330.01154
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/information-asymmetry
Freebase ID
/m/01t0v6
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
asymmetrisk_informasjon
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
asimmetriia-informatsii-a66f9b
IdRef ID
182707571
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J9U entity ID
987007564113305171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
information-asymmetry
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
137577040
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
10194-4
TDKIV Wikibase ID
September 13
TDKIV term ID
000003178
Topic's main category
Category:Asymmetric information

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information asymmetry is a type of information[1].

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → information
    Topic's main category → Category:Asymmetric information
    Has characteristic → asymmetry
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007564113305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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