Asymmetries

Word ASYMMETRIES
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What do we mean by asymmetries?

Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.

The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.

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The word "asymmetries" in example sentences

Lagging technology, low rates of consumerism and weak agriculture, combined with tremendous overall "asymmetries" between the two national economies, are cited as the key reasons the deal will be bad for Colombia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With these 'asymmetries' of information, the market may then no longer be 'efficient' at all, so that for example poor products can crowd out good ones. ❋ Philip Ball (2008)

The financial sector does it through information asymmetries: If you keep your product from being standardized, and you keep your customers from knowing too much about the product, the very complexity of the thing you're selling can give you a temporary monopoly against your competitors, and a massive advantage against your customers. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

Although Johanna is aware of the meagerness of Georgia's allowance, she feels that the recent precipitous expansion of the neighborhood doll-housing market, coupled with the effects of informational asymmetries—namely, that Georgia can't really add yet—are enough to justify the risk. ❋ Eric Hague (2011)

We argue that differences in height distributions, combined with a simple preference for a taller husband, can explain a large proportion of these ethnic-specific gender asymmetries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rather, information asymmetries are how the finance sector makes money. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

Such asymmetries are even more evident in the context of today's financial crisis, where gender-differentiated impacts are expected to affect women more acutely than ever. ❋ Otaviano Canuto (2011)

What's important to understand about these information asymmetries, however, is that they're features, not bugs. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

Beyond a certain point, global banking offers few economies of scale and has not in fact reduced information asymmetries, research suggests. ❋ Simon Nixon (2012)

Abstract: Economists argue that rich information environments and formal enforcement of contracts are necessary to prevent market failures when information asymmetries exist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Both in the UK and in the US, we observe puzzling gender asymmetries in the propensity to outmarry: Black men are substantially more likely to have white spouses than Black women, but the opposite is true for Chinese: Chinese men are half less likely to be married to a White person than Chinese women. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mirrlees and William Vickrey (award in 1996) made pioneering work about the consequences of various limitations in information of individuals, including "information asymmetries" among economic agents. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Plenty of transactions between professional investors and banks were based off information asymmetries. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

Sans governmentes et l'argent, should we give a hoot about inter-regional asymmetries in trade? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Activity that would be prosecutable as insider trading is a subset of all information asymmetries. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The role of information asymmetries has been further analyzed by theorists studying alternative allocation mechanisms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Third, these steps would assist emerging economies to adjust to asymmetries in recoveries by relying on flexible exchange rates and independent monetary policies. ❋ Robert Zoellick (2011)

The globalization of banking over the past two decades was largely based on an assumption that money could move freely across borders, enabling banks to arbitrage information asymmetries—i.e. use their supposedly better understanding of risks to identify opportunities to allocate capital wherever in the world it could deliver the highest returns. ❋ Simon Nixon (2012)

It turns out that such information asymmetries are of great importance for the functioning of markets such as insurance and credit markets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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