The Market for Lemons car. This, in turn, motivates the owners of moderately good cars not to sell, and so on. The result is that a market in which there is asymmetric information with respect to quality shows characteristics similar to those described by Gresham's Law: the bad drives out the good. (Although Gresham's principle applies more specifically to exchange rates, modified analogies can be drawn.) Akerlof considers a situation in which demand "D" for used cars depends on the cars price "p" and quality "µ" = "µ"("p") and the supply depends on price alone. Economic equilibrium is given by "S"("p") = "D"("p","µ") and
Bad for Good Bad for Good Bad for Good is a 1981 album by American songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks. The songs were originally intended to be recorded by Meat Loaf as a follow up to "Bat Out of Hell", titled "Renegade Angel". However, Meat Loaf suffered vocal problems and was unable to sing. He would record several tracks from "Bad for Good" for his later albums. The critical reaction to the album was mixed. Many reviews commented that Steinman's singing voice was inadequate for the