tools in a standard insurance demand theory environment. We concentrate on the problem of basis risk versus transaction cost …The use of catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) implies the problem of the so called basis risk, resulting from the fact that … the problems of moral hazard and default risk, an important advantage of cat bonds can be seen in the presumably lower …

econometric models. Some applications to the choice of automobile insurance contracts and to the demand for life insurance are …

In this paper we provide an axiomatic foundation to Orlicz risk measures in terms of properties of their acceptance … sets, by exploiting their natural correspondence with shortfall risk measures, thus paralleling the characterization in … Weber (2006). From a financial point of view, Orlicz risk measures assess the stochastic nature of returns, in contrast to …

of insurance. Third, we help answer the puzzle why the most risk averse are least likely to take up agricultural …We employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that … farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance. First, we find that private transfers, mainly from family members …

of insurance. Third, we help answer the puzzle why the most risk averse are least likely to take up agricultural …We employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that … farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance. First, we find that private transfers, mainly from family members …

often interpreted as insurance: by decreasing the probability of future drops in the provision of ecosystem services …, resilience insures risk-averse ecosystem users against potential welfare losses. Using a general and stringent definition of … insurance and a simple ecological-economic model, we derive the economic insurance value of ecosystem resilience and study how …

Reputational risk has become a critical concern for most organizations. Insurers, who rely on trust to generate … expectations, which we test using a rich data set on operational loss risk events. Results indicate that passage of the Sarbanes … significantly related to reputational risk. In some samples, Tobin's Q, the level of competition, and the discount rate also were …

insurance by strictly-risk averse agents and risk-neutral firms when they enjoy limited liability. When exposed to a bankrupting … decision to insure will depend on whether the benefits the insuree derives from insurance after having compensated the damaged …

Index triggers have enabled the extension of insurance to disaster risks by providing a simple mechanism to determine … insurance payment. Disaster risks are notoriously difficult to insure against due to the covariant nature of risks, moral hazard … and adverse selection. Index based risk transfer minimizes these obstacles by not fully insuring the risk. However, such …

The paper reviews the evolution in insurance economics over the past 25 years, by first recalling the situation in 1973 … were only possible because steady advances were made in the economics of risk and uncertainty and in financial theory. …