Defining optimal capital requirements for health insurers is a matter of interest for policy-makers. They determine the insolvency probability of health insurers and the minimum number of enrolees in order to keep insolvency under control. In this paper we develop a methodology for estimating...

We evaluate, in terms of efficiency and selection incentives, four different ex post risk sharing mechanisms. Outlier risk sharing (ORS), proportional risk sharing (PRS), risk sharing for high costs (RSHC) and risk sharing for high risks. Our results suggest that the best mechanism in terms of...

Risk adjustment is vital in health policy design. Risk adjustment defines the annual capitation payments to health insurers and is a key determinant of insolvency risk for health insurers. In this study we compare the current risk adjustment formula used by Colombia's Ministry of Health and...

We introduce new risk groups to a standard capitation formula and evaluate risk selection incentives of insurers. The study uses a unique data set of almost 24 million affiliates to Government's mandatory health insurance system. This data set is very rich in the sense of reporting all claims...

This paper implements the answer-copying detection methodology for multiple-choice tests developed in Sotaridona, van der Linden and Meijer [2006], based on Cohen's Kappa index. We present results of this methodology applied to the standardized test for college admissions in Colombia that took...

By means of a suitable Bayesian game we study spot electricity markets from a structural point of view. We address the problem of individual and aggregate eficciency and we show how to value water from market observables. We compare the former to engineering methods and apply our methodology to...