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Each week, the Dutch Postcode Lottery (PCL) randomly selects a postal code, and distributes cash and a new BMWto lottery participants in that code. We study the effects of these shocks on lottery winners and their neighbors.Consistent with the life-cycle hypothesis, the effects on winners’...
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This paper empirically analyzes moral hazard in car insurance using a dynamic theory of an insuree's dynamic risk (ex …
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This paper empirically analyzes moral hazard in car insurance using a dynamic theory of an insuree's dynamic risk (ex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376656
effect remains significant after controlling for health, socio-economic status and the presence of a partner and or children … caregivers. However, they express a greater satisfaction with their housing situation than renters, even if their health …
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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 …
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in reducing predicted losses for subgroups of health care users. Nevertheless, incentives for risk selection against some …When public long-term care (LTC) insurance is provided by insurers, they typically lack incentives for purchasing cost …-effective LTC. Providing insurers with appropriate incentives for efficiency without jeopardizing access for high-risk individuals …
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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 …
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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 …
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Empirical studies in spatial economics have shown that agglomeration economies may be a source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities and regions. Both localization and urbanization economies are hypothesized to foster agglomeration and growth, but...
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