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What does moral hazard mean?

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Noun
  1. (economics) The prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk.
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We are using IMF as shorthand for the entire grouping of moral hazard intensifiers we listed at the outset!
It also minimizes moral hazard, by centralizing negotiations over fee structures, and eliminating the collective action problem in enforcement.
But moral hazard reduces the ability to reallocate risk among different economic agents.
For example, if moral hazard is associated with deposit insurance, the greater risks banks take may demand stronger preventive techniques.
Five years ago, when the government bailed out Bear Stearns, we heard a lot about moral hazard.
This is, of course, deeply morally unsatisfying, and it raises real questions about moral hazard.

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