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 …

political, economic, and policy history, it contributes to a growing interdisciplinary literature on public finance, while also … in Ireland illuminates a neglected aspect of Irish history, and will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and …

of itself, and it may also influence concentration in banking and thus the impact of bank-specific shocks for the …

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

The purpose of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of private and public property insurance providers in … measurement errors and apply the model to a data set on 19 firms in housing insurance markets in Switzerland. We show that the … public insurance providers are about 20 per cent more cost efficient than their private counterparts. …