worker buys an insurance, which gives a constant income and retirement benefits in exchange for the total output. The level …

provide a novel decomposition of labor income tax formulas into a redistribution and an insurance component. The latter is … capital tax is non-zero and trades off redistribution and insurance against savings distortions. Our quantitative results … reveal that the insurance component contributes significantly to optimal labor tax rates and provides an informative lower …

provide a novel decomposition of labor income tax formulas into a redistribution and an insurance component. The latter is … capital tax is non-zero and trades off redistribution and insurance against savings distortions. Our quantitative results … reveal that the insurance component contributes significantly to optimal labor tax rates and provides an informative lower …

purchases a good to compensate consequences of unfavorable events, such as an accident or an illness. Insurance policies in most … lines of insurance base indemnity on the insured's actual expenses, i.e., the insured would be partially or completely … reimbursed when purchasing certain goods. In this setting we discuss the interaction between insurance and repair markets by …

Recent events involving major insurance companies and insurance brokerage firms highlight substantial incentive … without intermediation. A controversial matter in the discussion concerning insurance intermediation is the issue of … by insurance companies. The rationale for the latter is the fact that a fee paid by uninformed consumers limits the …