-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct risk-sharing institutions - even those providing the same level of insurance - can lead to … model incorporating England's and China's distinct pre-modern risk-sharing institutions. The model predicts a transition in … England and not China even with equal levels of risk sharing. Under the clan-based Chinese institution, the relatively risk …

This paper estimates a reduced-form model to assess the credit risk of General Insurance (GI) non-life firms in the UK … insurance firms. The implications of these findings for regulators of GI firms under the coming Solvency II are discussed. …

-free physical capital and risky human capital. Households have access to a complete set of credit and insurance contracts, but their … households less than half of human capital risk is insured and the welfare losses due to the lack of insurance range from 3 … parameters have non-negligible effects on equilibrium insurance and welfare, but the result that young households are severely …

that the donor may be sure to get a tax benefit. We interpret this function as insurance and test the option to insure … donations in the lab. Our participants indeed have a positive willingness to pay for insurance against either risk. Yet the … insurance option is only critical for their willingness to donate to a charity if the uncertainty affects the proper use of …