Similar Search Results

The Empirical Measure of Information Problems with Emphasis on Insurance Fraud.

Dionne, G. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 2000

We discuss the difficult question of measuring the effects of asymmetric information problems on resource allocation. Two of them are retained: moral hazard and adverse selection.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618705

Poll Subsidy and Excise Tax.

Boyer, M.M. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1998

goal of this paper is to show a case where an excise tax levied on a certain insurance service is preferred to a poll tax …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775499

Environmental Risk and Extended Liability: the Case of Green Technologies.

Dionne, G.; Spaeter, S. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1998

Since CERCLA's legislation in the United States, extending the liability to banks in case of an environmental damage has been the main concern of many studies. Most of them show that this form of regulation cannot reach its two main objectives because it is not possible to simultaneously improve...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618704

The Principal-Agent Relationship: Two Distributions Satisfying MLRP and CDFC.

Spaeter, S. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1998

The first-order approach, which consists in replacing the incentive compatible constraint by the agent's first order condition, is widely used in agency problems where the principal cannot observe the level of effort chosen by the agent. This substitution is valid with the Monotone Likelihood...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618707

Internal Control Systems and Risk Management in the Life and Health Insurance Industry: Current Issues.

Andre, P.; Cote, D.; Morissette, R. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1998

Life and Health Insurance industry in Canada. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005474677

An Analysis of the Title Insurance Industry.

Nyce, C.; Boyer, M.M. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1998

There are numerous links, both direct and indirect, betwwen real estate markets and insurance products. One of the … diract links that has been the focus of much attention recently in the US is homeowners insurance, especially in hazard prone … areas. Another direct link not receiving as much attention is title insurance. This is surprising given that Fannie Mae now …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005474679

Media Attention, Insurance Regulation and Liability Insurance.

Boyer, M. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1999

liability insurance as portrayed in the population and industry press induces insurers to change the way they price their …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005474683

Insurance Fraud Estimation: More Evidence from the Quebec Automobile Insurance Industry

Caron, L.; Dionne, G. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1996

This article follows a previous study on insurance fraud in the Quebec automobile insurance industry (Dionne and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618703

The Role of Memory in Long-Term Contracting with Moral Hazard: Empirical Evidence in Automobile Insurance.

Dionne, G.; Maurice, M.; Pinquet, J.; Vanasse, C. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 2001

automobile insurance are examples of contracts that use memory. During the eighties different contributors (Lambert, 1983 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618718

The Estimation of Deposit Insurance with Interest Rate Risk

Duan, J.-C.; Simonato, J.-G. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1998

estimation of the deposit insurance pricing model of Duan, Moreau and Sealey (1995). An empirical analysis is carried out on ten … produce large estiomates of the deposits insurance premia, when compared to the modified Ronnand Verma (1986) approach. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775500