Competitive failures in insurance markets : theory and policy implications.

Competitive failures in insurance markets : theory and policy implications.

Leading international economists offer new insights on recent developments in the economic analysis of the limits of insurability, with particular attention of adverse selection and moral hazard. Risk sharing is a cornerstone of modern economies. It is valuable to risk-averse consumers and essential...

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Other Authors: Gollier, Christian (Contributor), Chiappori, Pierre-Andrâe (Contributor), Chiappori, Pierre-André (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] MIT Press 2006
Series:CESifo seminar series.
Subjects:
Insurance > Mathematical models.
Health insurance > Mathematical models.
National health insurance.
Health insurance.
Medical care, Cost of.
Economics.
Insurance.
Medical care.
Social sciences.
Mathematical models.
Statistics.
Public health.
economics.
insurance.
social sciences.
mathematical models.
public health.
statistics.
Statistics
Social sciences
Public health
National health insurance
Medical care, Cost of
Medical care
Mathematical models
Insurance
Health insurance
Economics
Health insurance > Mathematical models
Insurance > Mathematical models
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Time, risk, precommitment, and adverse selection in competitive insurance markets / Mark V. Pauly
  • 2. Adverse selection in the health insurance market after genetic tests / Roland Eisen
  • 3. The welfare effects of predictive medicine / Pierre-Andre Chiappori
  • 4. Selection and incentive effects : an econometric study of Swiss health-insurance claims data / Lucien Gardiol, Pierre-Yves Geoffard and Chantal Grandchamp
  • 5. Adverse selection in the long-term care insurance market / Mark J. Browne
  • 6. Choice of managed care and cost savings : the role of latent health status / Hansjorg Lehmann and Peter Zweifel
  • 7. Information updating and insurance dropout : evidence from dental insurance / Erik Gronqvist

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