risk. This paper focuses on the transmission of sovereign risk to insurance companies as some of the largest institutional … investors in the sovereign bond market. We use a firm level panel dataset that covers large insurance companies, banks and non … reflected in current insurance regulation (incl. upcoming Solvency II in Europe). …

taxpayers. As compared to individual taxation, joint taxation with income splitting provides couples with more insurance against …

the effects of medical insurance and competition in the guise of free choice of physician, including observability of … whether he was perhaps overtreated. We find that with insurance, moral hazard looms on both sides of the market: patients … found to partially offset the adverse effects of insurance: most patients seek treatment, but overtreatment is moderated. …

stylized way, we study the effects of medical insurance and competition in the guise of free choice of physician. Medical … overtreated. We find that with insurance, moral hazard looms on both sides of the market: patients consult more often and … adverse effects of insurance: most patients seek treatment, but overtreatment is moderated. …

We analyze the extent to which private defensive litigation insurance deters patent assertion by non …-practicing entities (NPEs). We study the effect that a patent-specific defensive insurance product, offered by a leading litigation … defensive litigation insurance on the behavior of patent enforcers and accused infringers. We show that the availability of …

would provide more insurance if based on lifetime instead of annual earnings. Requiring wealthy individuals to repay social … assistance received when younger would strengthen the insurance and redistributive functions of social assistance. …