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Asymmetric information refers to a situation in which one party in an economic or social relationship possesses more or higher-quality information than the other. This imbalance in information can disrupt decision-making processes during economic transactions and lead to market failures. The concept was first systematically addressed by George Akerlof in his 1970 article titled “The Market for Lemons: Quality, Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism.” Akerlof demonstrated, using the example of the

Lemon Theory (The Market for Lemons) is an approach introduced in 1970 by Nobel Prize-winning economist George A. Akerlof to explain market distortions caused by quality uncertainty and information asymmetry.Akerlof, G. A. (1970). The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84(3), 488–500. LINK[likev27ot] The theory highlights how, particularly in the used ">【1】Conceptual FrameworkThe Lemon Theory focuses on information asymmetry

MARKET FAILURES AND THE ROLE OF THE STATEMarket failure occurs when a free market economy is insufficient in allocating resources efficiently, ensuring overall societal welfare, or meeting social needs. In other words, when market mechanisms operate solely based on supply and demand principles, the general interests of society may be ignored and resources may be distributed unevenly. In free market economies, market failures arise when the supply and demand mechanism fails to optimize societal w