Summary We examine the impact of tuition fees for long-term students at the University of Konstanz. Applying duration analysis to examine how tuition fees influence when and how students finish their studies in six different majors, we find significant effects with respect to the hazard rates of...

In many countries, social health insurance systems are being reformed in favor of more competition among insurers, while premiums are community rated by regulation. The implicit incentives for insurers to engage in risk selection can only be curtailed using appropriate systems of risk-adjusted...

We examine the impact of tuition fees for long term students at the University of Konstanz. Applying duration analysis to examine how tuition fees influence when and how students finish their studies in six different majors, we find significant effects with respect to the hazard rates of the...

In the absence of a perfect risk adjustment scheme, reimbursing health insurers' costs can reduce risk selection in community-rated health insurance markets. In this paper, we develop a model in which insurers determine the cost efficiency of health care and have incentives for risk selection....

In diesem Beitrag stellen wir eine Methode zur Bestimmung des optimalen Risikopools in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung vor. Unser Hauptergebnis ist, dass eine Erstattung der Kosten bei einem bestimmten Kostenniveau die Anreize zur Risikoselektion am stärksten mindert, wenn ein relativ...

In diesem Beitrag stellen wir eine Methode zur Bestimmung des optimalen Risikopools in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung vor. Unser Hauptergebnis ist, dass eine Erstattung der Kosten bei einem bestimmten Kostenniveau die Anreize zur Risikoselektion am stärksten mindert, wenn ein relativ...