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The nature of risk preferences : evidence from insurance choices
Barseghyan, Levon; Molinari, Francesca; O'Donoghue, Ted; … - 2012
We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates "standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621724
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Insurance search and switching behavior
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Klaauw, Bas van der; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2010
This paper looks into the search behavior of consumers in the market for health insurance contracts. We consider the … recent health insurance reform in The Netherlands, where a private-public mix of insurance provision was replaced by a system … insurance system. This model provides us with a number of hypotheses, which we test using data from the Dutch Health Care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381020
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Insurance Search and Switching Behavior
Bolhaar, Jonneke; van der Klaauw, Bas; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2010
This paper looks into the search behavior of consumers in the market for health insurance contracts. We consider the … recent health insurance reform in The Netherlands, where a private-public mix of insurance provision was replaced by a system … insurance system. This model provides us with a number of hypotheses, which we test using data from the Dutch Health Care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014193214
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Consumer perceptions matter: A case study of an anomaly in English football
Reade, J. James; van Ours, Jan C. - 2024
In 1983 England's fifth-tier football competition introduced a two-points-for-ahome-win and three-points-for-an-away-win reward system. This system was abolished after three seasons. The anomalous point system may have been introduced to reduce home advantage but the reasons are not fully clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547699
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Playing with the good guys : a public good game with endogenous group formation
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Lind, Jo Thori; … - 2009
may attract more responsible employees. -- altruism ; conditional ; cooperation ; self-selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850332
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Contracts, biases and consumption of access services
Leider, Stephen G.; Sahin, Ozge - 2012
We consider a consumption model that takes into account the valuation and demand uncertainties that consumers face while using access services. Typical examples of such services include telecommunication services, extended warranties for consumer electronics, and club memberships. We demonstrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489036
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A dynamic utility maximization model for product category consumption
Oest, Rutger van; Franses, Philip Hans; Paap, Richard - 2002
It is conceivable that the whether to buy and how much tobuy decisions in the purchasing process of households areinfluenced by the inventory process. In this paper we thereforeput forward a model for consumption, where we rely on establishedeconomic theory. We incorporate this model in a model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327525
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A joint framework for category purchase and consumption behavior
Oest, Rutger van; Paap, Richard; Franses, Philip Hans - 2002
We propose a consistent utility-based framework to jointly explain a household's decisions on purchase incidence, brand choice and purchase quantity. The approach differs from other approaches, currently available in the literature, as it is able to take into account consumption dynamics. In the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327824
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Conspicuous consumption and communism : evidence from East and West Germany
Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario - 2012
This paper investigates the influence of the political regime on the relative importance of conspicuous consumption. We use the separation of Germany into the communist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. Relying on household data that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621765
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Consumer valuation of driving range : a meta-analysis
Dimitropoulos, Alexandros; Rietveld, Piet; Ommeren, Jos van - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720747