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Moral Hazard

The risk that a party to a transaction has not entered into a contract in good faith, has provided misleading information about its assets, liabilities, or credit capacity, or has an incentive to take unusual risks in a desperate attempt to earn a profit before the contract settles. See also Integrity Risk (2), Agency Costs, Moral Risk, Counterparty Risk.

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