Advantageous (or propitious) selection occurs when an increase in the premium of an insurance contract induces high … insurance demand are high. We then move to standard settings satisfying the single-crossing property and show that advantageous … face two mutually exclusive risks that are bundled together in a single insurance contract. We exemplify this last case …

uncertainty decreases the rate of efficient service provision and leads to less trade. In theory, insurance also decreases the … that considers both diagnostic uncertainty of sellers and the effects of insurance coverage of consumers in a unified … framework. We test the model’s predictions in a laboratory experiment. Both in theory and in the experiment diagnostic …

. We uncover a trade-off between stimulus and insurance, as high-debt individuals gain considerably from transfers, but …

formal insurance in a setting where donors make redistributive transfers to anonymously paired recipients. We find that … donors reduce their transfers to recipients who don’t take-up insurance, and that this effect is larger for donors who hold … the ex ante belief that the recipient is more likely to take-up insurance. The findings are consistent with a model of a …

Insurance for natural hazards - earthquakes, hurricanes, or pandemics - is rarely comprehensively adopted without …. Efforts to close this insurance gap include the introduction of parametric (index) insurance products for various catastrophic … risks. We compare parametric to indemnity insurance in a simple model where the insurance company has superior information …

People often fail to insure against catastrophes, even when insurance is subsidized. Even when insuring homes, many … homeowners still underinsure the full value of their assets. Some researchers have suggested using long-term insurance contracts … to reduce these insurance gaps. We examine insurance decisions in a computer-administered experiment that makes several …

We consider a competitive insurance market with adverse selection. Unlike the standard models, we assume that … limited liability afforded via bankruptcy laws. Government assistance is calculated ex post of any insurance benefits. This … alters the individuals? demand for insurance coverage. In turn, this affects equilibria in various insurance models of …