can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a … respondent has a formal funeral cover increases with income and banking status. However, it is lower for individuals receiving … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as (self-) insurance. We also show that purchasing formal funeral cover …

Should we exempt the services of insurance companies from VAT? Addressing this issue, the paper distinguishes between … insurance against a general loss of resources and a loss of a specific commodity (property insurance). There is a case for … exempting the former kind of insurance, but not the latter. Finally, comparing insurance through a producer warranty with …

provide a novel decomposition of labor income tax formulas into a redistribution and an insurance component. The latter is … capital tax is non-zero and trades off redistribution and insurance against savings distortions. Our quantitative results … reveal that the insurance component contributes significantly to optimal labor tax rates and provides an informative lower …

We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates 'standard …