Why are financial intermediaries willing to engage in information collection activities when investors in financial instruments may be unwilling to do​ so?
A. Decisions made by financial intermediaries are public​ knowledge, while investments made with financial instruments are not.
B. The​ free-rider problem reduces gains for financial intermediaries more than it does for investors in financial instruments.
C. Banks make private​ loans; their conclusions on who is creditworthy are not made public.
D. Credit information is asymmetric for investors but not for financial intermediaries.