does not alter this result. We also show that the informationally constrained optimal insurance contract has a resetting …

Can measured risk attitudes and associated structural models predict insurance demand? In an experiment (n = 1,730), we … insurance choices over different loss probabilities and prices. The insurance choices show coherence and some correlation with … various risk-attitude measures. Yet all the structural models predict insurance poorly, often less accurately than random …

for the development of public-private partnerships, as recognized in November 2002 when the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act … of 2002 (TRIA) was passed. This paper shows, however, that the temporary insurance system established by TRIA is neither … current level of demand for insurance coverage has remained low and we discuss some factors that may contribute to it. After …

autarky, but also partial and full insurance can obtain, depending on the relative patience of agents and financial … intermediaries. Insurance can be provided because in an equilibrium contract an up-front payment effectively locks in the agent with …

Demand for insurance can be driven by high risk aversion or high risk. We show how to separately identify risk … preferences and risk types using only choices from menus of insurance plans. Our revealed preference approach does not rely on … in insurance plans, offered separately to random cross-sections or offered as part of the same menu to one cross …

pushed AIG to the brink of bankruptcy. AIG used securities lending to transform insurance company assets into residential … solvency of the life insurance companies. AIG also sold insurance on multi-sector collateralized debt obligations, backed by …