Asymmetric Information

— A situation in which one party in a transaction has more or superior information compared to another. This often happens in transactions where the seller knows more than the buyer, although the reverse can happen as well. Potentially, this could… …



Investment dictionary

asymmetric information

— A mismatch of the depth and quality of information between two or more parties to a transaction or Contractual arrangement. A classic example of asymmetric information frequently discussed in economic literature is that found in markets for… …



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Asymmetric information

— Information that is known to some people but not to other people. The New York Times Financial Glossary …



Financial and business terms

asymmetric information

— Information that is known to some people but not to other people. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …



Financial and business terms

asymmetric information

— 1) The situation in which managers have superior information to shareholders regarding the state of the shareholders investment. See agency relationship; signalling hypothesis 2) The situation in which the purchaser of an insurance contract knows …



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Information economics

— or the economics of information is a branch of microeconomic theory that studies how information affects an economy and economic decisions. Information has special characteristics. It is easy to create but hard to trust. It is easy to spread but… …



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Information asymmetry

— In economics and contract theory, information asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party has more or better information than the other. This creates an imbalance of power in transactions which can sometimes cause… …



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Asymmetric warfare

— originally referred to war between two or more belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly. Contemporary military thinkers tend to broaden this to include asymmetry of strategy or tactics; today asymmetric warfare can… …



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Asymmetric induction

— (also enantioinduction) in stereochemistry describes the preferential formation in a chemical reaction of one enantiomer or diastereoisomer over the other as a result of the influence of a chiral feature present in the substrate, reagent,… …



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Information Awareness Office

— seal The Information Awareness Office (IAO) was established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in January 2002 to bring together several DARPA projects focused on applying surveillance and information technology to track and …



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Asymmetric Warfare Group

— Insigne d épaule de l Asymmetric Warfare Group Période Juin 2004 Pays États Unis …



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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

— (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. It does this by utilizing frequencies that are not used by a voice… …



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Asymmetric multiprocessing

— Note: This article refers to both asymmetrical multiprocessing and multiprocessors.Asymmetric multiprocessing or ASMP is a style of multiprocessing supported in DEC s VMS V.3 as well as a number of older systems including TOPS 10 and OS 360. It… …



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Asymmetric Warfare Group

— The Asymmetric Warfare Group is a unit of the United States Army created during the War on Terrorism to craft doctrine for asymmetric warfare. The unit is stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland and reports through the 20th Support Command to Army G… …



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Information Awareness Office

— Siegel des Information Awareness Office Das Information Awareness Office (IAO) war ein Projekt, das von der DARPA, einer Agentur des Verteidigungsministeriums der Vereinigten Staaten, gegründet wurde. Aufgabe des IAO war es, innerhalb einer… …



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asymmetric warfare

— n. Warfare in which the combatants have markedly different military capabilities and the weaker side uses non standard tactics such as terrorism. (Also: asymmetrical warfare.) Example Citation: The conflict is an example of asymmetric warfare,… …



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