Contributions to the Economics of Index Based Insurance Schemes

Index based insurance schemes can play a vital role in insuring poor people in developing countries against a multitude of risk. However, the concept doesn’t go along without any obstacles. Matthias Rödl provides a theoretical framework of index based insurance schemes and further highlights where the latter distinguishes from a classic indemnity insurance. Thereby, scholars can gain a comprehensive theoretical insight into the topic, while practitioners are enabled to identify and understand fundamental challenges for their project upfront as well as to foster sound solutions. Contents Demand and Supply Self-Insurance Moral Hazard and Group Sample Observation Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of insurance theory and microfinance Practitioners in the areas of microfinance and development aid The Author Dr. Matthias Rödl wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Peter-J. Jost at the chair of organization theory at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar. He picked up the idea for his dissertation during his time as a microfinance expert in India. Nowadays he lives in Germany working as a finance professional