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This paper tests restrictions implied by the canonical theory of insurance under asymmetric information using ideal … life insurance. We report several findings which are hard to reconcile with the canonical theory. First, we find a striking …-linear pricing than predicted by theory: the theory predicts that prices rise with quantity, but we find that they fall. Third, we …
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This paper tests restrictions implied by the canonical theory of insurance under asymmetric information using ideal … life insurance. We report several findings which are hard to reconcile with the canonical theory. First, we find a striking …-linear pricing than predicted by theory: the theory predicts that prices rise with quantity, but we find that they fall. Third, we …
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In this paper, we document that households' consumption expenditures crucially depend on their expected earnings - even after controlling for realized earnings, wealth and time-invariant unobserved characteristics such as permanent income and over-confidence. To explain this evidence, we develop...
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