Spanish Abstract: Se presenta un análisis económico de la Ley de energía para el campo, (LEC) que examina cómo su diseño afecta los mercados y crea una estructura de información que favorece la extracción de rentas. Mediante modelos sencillos de equilibrio parcial y de agente-principal se...

Spanish Abstract: En las últimas décadas se han venido desarrollando bases de datos con estadísticas de siniestralidad en algunas ramas de seguros, motivadas tanto por fundamentos teóricos de modelos de diseño de precios de seguros, así también por la búsqueda de mayor transparencia en...

This article characterizes the properties of the compensation scheme of delegated portfolio management that would lead to the selection of high risk-high return portfolios. In particular, it provides conditions under which a non-monotone payment structure emerges as an optimal contract, which...

Spanish Abstract:A partir de una encuesta realizada entre marzo y julio de 2015 a más de cien compañías españolas partícipes en las operaciones de compraventa de empresas este trabajo examina la realidad de diversas cláusulas utilizadas por los operadores en esos contratos en cuestiones...

This article characterizes the properties of the compensation scheme of delegated portfolio management that would lead to the selection of high risk-high return portfolios. In particular, it provides conditions under which a non-monotone payment structure emerges as an optimal contract, which...

This article characterizes the properties of the compensation scheme of delegated portfolio management that would lead to the selection of high risk-high return portfolios. In particular, it provides conditions under which a non-monotone payment structure emerges as an optimal contract, which...

Insurance companies have to estimate reserves and provisions to cover the payment of either unreported claims or unsettled claims. In this paper, we apply the Chain-Ladder method to obtain a point estimate of reserves, and then we use the bootstrap technique to estimate the margin of error and...

Agricultural insurances based on a climate index are an innovative form of insurance that represent a viable alternative for low-income countries. Such insurances are tied to a climatic index (e.g. the level of precipitation, temperature, humidity or crop yield) rather than an actual loss. This...

This paper presents the analysis and valuation of an individual, temporary, and leveled-prime life insurance. It starting point is an analogy between contract rules and a financial exotic option. In particular, a cash or nothing option. Several cases are presented from a person with different...

The object of study of this paper is the analysis of the level of reserves in a non-life insurance portfolio. The approach to this tool as an indicator of the solvency of the portfolio poses an initial dilemma between the security necessary to be able to respond to the losses that have occurred...