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Screening Mechanism (Economics)
In economics, a screening mechanism is a strategy employed by an uninformed party to induce an informed party to reveal their private information, helping to mitigate problems caused by hidden attributes. The uninformed party designs a menu of contract choices (such as insurance policies with varying deductibles) that causes different 'types' of informed parties to self-select, thereby revealing their true type and reducing adverse selection.
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