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propensity to insure against independent marketable risks. We apply these predictions to the specific case of labor income risk … and car insurance using data from the UK. The main empirical results are: - higher labor income risk induces a higher … demand for car insurance. - the effects of increases in labor income risk after 1979 seem to be more than offset by a more …
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what are the risks of the four alternative pension systems: financial defined contribution (FDC), notional or non … conclusion is that NDC is neutral in terms of externalities. It manages the risks and eliminates the negative externalities …
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This paper takes a retrospective look at the U.S. government's effort to rescue and restructure General Motors and Chrysler in the midst of the 2009 economic and financial crisis. The paper describes how two of the largest industrial companies in the world came to seek a bailout from the U.S....
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We use a unique dataset to estimate the impact of a large credit supply shock on employment in Spain. We exploit marked differences in banks' health at the onset of the Great Recession. Several weak banks were rescued by the State and they reduced credit more than other banks. We compare...
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In this paper we provide an analysis of the process of creative destruction across 24 countries and 2-digit industries over the past decade. We rely on a newly assembled dataset that draws from different micro data sources (business registers, census, or representative enterprise surveys). The...
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experiment, based on representative household panel data. The results indicate that the insurance effect of a more forgiving …
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We document a large and persistent anomaly in the UK car insurance market over the period 2012-13: insurance companies … charged a higher premium for third-party (liability) insurance than comprehensive insurance (which includes third … that consumers are too confused or too poorly informed to arbitrage and that sellers of car insurance do not implement the …
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This paper examines the role of social learning in household enrollment decisions for the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in rural China by estimating a static game with incomplete information. Using a rich dataset from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we find that the social network...
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insurance. For this we specify and estimate dynamic models for health insurance decisions and health care utilization. Estimates …
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We analyze dynamic interactions between market insurance, the stock of insurable assets and liquid wealth accumulation … representative agent demands a nonnegligible amount of market insurance. The deductible is substantially higher than in static models … because agents can time-diversify their risk. Market insurance implies welfare gains of around .6% in terms of non …
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