We investigate the economic impact of stochastic endogenous extreme events and insurance in a growth model. Our … analytical results and computational experiments show that i) transparency of the insurance sector is the decisive requisite for … insurance fairly is preferable to an insurance industry which provides insurance with an overhead. …

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 …

People often fail to insure against catastrophes, even when insurance is subsidized. Even when insuring homes, many … homeowners still underinsure the full value of their assets. Some researchers have suggested using long-term insurance contracts … to reduce these insurance gaps. We examine insurance decisions in a computer-administered experiment that makes several …