"The most basic argument for insurance is that it reduces financial risk. But since insurance opens up new … patient, it is not immediately obvious that insurance will in practice reduce financial risk. The authors analyze the effect … surveys-one a cross-section survey, the other two panel surveys. All come from China, a country where providers have until …

. The authors explore these issues in China. In addition to providing new evidence on the general impact of health shocks …, they also extend previous work by assessing the extent of risk protection afforded by formal health insurance, and by …

"Model uncertainty hampers consensus on the key determinants of economic growth. Some recent cross-country, cross …-sectional analyses have employed Bayesian Model Averaging to address the issue of model uncertainty. This paper extends that approach to …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …, although it can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of …