信息不对称与非典时期的公众反应

Asymmetry of Information and Public Reactions During the SARS Period

公众拥有完全对称的信息只是相对的、理想的状态,而信息不对称是普遍存在的现象,经历非典风雨洗涤的公众更能体会到这点,此时公众的甄别力、政府和公众的相互回应就显得特别重要,政府和公众也只有诉诸更多的理性才能有效规避信息不对称情况下的逆向选择和道德风险。

Public possession of fully symmetrical information is only a relative and ideal state, and asymmetry of information is widespread. This is truer with a public that has experienced the sufferings of SARS. The public ability of discrimination and the mutual response between government and the public seem extremely important. Moreover, only with more rationality can both government and the public avoid reverse choices and ethic risks under asymmetrical information situations.