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Screening
When the uninformed side of a deal designs a menu of options so that people sort themselves by what they choose. An insurer offering a cheap high-deductible plan and a dear low-deductible plan learns who thinks they are risky from which one they pick.
Also called: self-selection, menu of contracts
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